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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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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
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
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
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
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
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
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
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
All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Dreaming Pass Pleasure World

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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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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