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Reality is always the foe of famous names.

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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
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Greatness Man Mindset Mistake
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
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
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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Cry Grief Heaven Lying
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mom
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
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
Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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Health One Liner Sick Vice Virtue
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet

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