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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
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
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
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
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
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Cutting Desire Inspirational
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
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
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
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 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 Mom

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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