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Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!

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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
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
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
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
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Effort Greatness Myself
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 Fortune Honor Oneself Respect
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
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
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not.
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Height Man Mountain Revolution Stars Wonder
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst

Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!

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