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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
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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Earth Known Moral Myself Name
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Foe Names Reality
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
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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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
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
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Leaving Myself Way Yourself
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart

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