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I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.
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Comparison Earth Mountain Myself
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
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
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Love Memories Sweet
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick

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