"Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths."
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"The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart."
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"The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace."
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"A God alone can comprehend a God."
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"We are not all great because we are inspired, but we feel great because we are."
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"The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss."
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"Born originals, how comes it to pass that we die copies? That meddling ape imitation, as soon as we come to years of indiscretion, (so let me speak,) snatches the pen, and blots out nature's mark of separation, cancels her kind intention, destroys all mental individuality. The lettered world no longer consists of singulars: it is a medley, a mass; and a hundred books, at bottom, are but one."
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"The house of laughter makes a house of woe."
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"A foe to God ne'er was true friend to man, Some sinister intent taints all he does."
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"Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more."
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"All men think that all men are mortal but themselves."
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"Wishing of all employments is the worst"
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"Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!"
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"We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!"
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"Time elaborately thrown away."
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"To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain."
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"They build too low who build beneath the skies."
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"Let no man trust the first false step of guilt; it hangs upon a precipice, whose steep descent in last perdition ends."
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"The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven."
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"It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength."
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