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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I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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