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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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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
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
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich

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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