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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

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I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Enemy Greatness Man Propose
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Born Merit Throne
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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Death Grudge Hands Himself
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

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