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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.

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Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
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Alive Book Friendship Heart Relationship Warm
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Crown Grace Humanity Love One Liner
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World
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
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Beginning Bound Difference Influence Man Myself
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
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
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
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Error Men Mind
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
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
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive

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