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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

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My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Ambition Enemy Enjoyment Jealous Peace
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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Human Mourn Progress Weakness
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
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Command Country Delight Easy Friendship Live Myself Society
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 would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
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
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
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
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner

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