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Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.

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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
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Construction Emperor Palace
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Cancer Friendship One Liner Suspicious
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
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
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
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
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

Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.

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