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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
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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Cry Grief Heaven Lying
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Darkness Earth Eyes Forever Sight Yourself
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune

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