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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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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
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
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
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Book Leadership Learning Madness
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
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
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Desire Ourselves Rich
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
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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Equality Peace Time Wings
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right

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