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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

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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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Beautiful Life Pain
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
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
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
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
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
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom

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