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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.

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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Earth Fortune
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
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
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Age Difference Love Practice Relationship
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
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Bitter Burn Freeze Memories Myself Sweet
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
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
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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Amusement Enough Life Short
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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Love Memories Sweet
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing

For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.

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