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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.

What part Take upon Play The best
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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

Greatest problems Our time Many are Schooled
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Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

Pride thinks Own happiness Brighter Misfortunes
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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Nobody Owns anythings Greater wealth Cheerfulness
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

Only natural Each man Think Own opinions
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What is deferred is not avoided.

What is Deferred Not avoided
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
The lion Own strength Hard were Any man
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There is nothing more inglorious than that glory that is gained by war
Nothing more Inglorious Glory Gained
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The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

Ordinary art Practice Every day More importance
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Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

Some men Snared Beauty alone By virtue
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God made the angels to show Him splendor, as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But Man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind.

God made Angels Splendor Animals
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An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.

Absolutely New idea Rarest things Man
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Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.

Fortune Raise up Low Pluck down
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No man shall be blamed in the maintenance of his own religion.

No man Blamed Maintenance Own religion
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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Naturally given All men Esteem Own invention
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By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.

Gifts Bribes Rich men Executed
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For things will never be perfect, until human beings are perfect - which I don't expect them to be for quite a number of years!

Things Never be Perfect Human being
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For as love is oftentimes won with beauty, so it is not kept, preserved, and continued, but by virtue and obedience.

Love Won Beauty Not kept
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.

Servant Better Master
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And, indeed, nature has so made us, that we all love to be flattered and to please ourselves with our own notions

Nature Made us All love Be flattered
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I must say, extreme justice is an extreme injury: for we ought not to approve of those terrible laws that make the smallest offences capital, nor of that opinion of the Stoics that makes all crimes equal;

Extreme justice Injury Approve Terrible laws
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All the life must be led with one, and also all the griefs and displeasure coming therewith patiently be taken and borne.

Life Griefs Displeasure coming Patiently
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The way to heaven is the same from all places, and he that had no grave had the heavens still over him.

The way Heaven All places Grave
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I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.

Old autumn Misty morn Stand shadow less Silence
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I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn.

Remember The house Was born Little window
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Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
To choose Mine Love Every day
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping

The failure In life Pulling One's horse
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The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.

The lily White Like Saint
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My brain is dull, my sight is foul, I cannot write a verse, or read-- Then, Pallas, take away thine Owl, And let us have a lark instead.

My brain Sight Write Lark instead
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With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.

Fingers weary Worn Eyelids heavy Woman sat
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A moment's thinking is an hour in words

Moment's thinking An hour In words
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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

Attempt Advise Conceited people Whistling
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There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea, Or in the wide desert where no life is found.

Silence No sound May be Cold grave
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Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are something more than fictions.

Some dreams Unnatural Contradictions Most romantic
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O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!

Men Sisters Mothers Wives
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No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief

No blessed Leisure For love Only time
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I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.
Resolved The sun Day lasted Look on
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How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend

How bless Heart A friend Sympathizing ear
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I love thee - I love thee, 'Tis all that I can say, It is my vision in the night, My dreaming in the day

Love Can say My vision Night
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Peace and rest at length have come, All the day's long toil is past; And each heart is whispering,
Peace Rest Have come Long toil
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Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.

Very hope Belied Fear Hopes
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I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!

Only want Live In peace Plant potatoes
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You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

Can't ever Really free You admire Somebody
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Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.

My passion Nothing special Mine
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All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.
All things Very uncertain Exactly What makes
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You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.
Must go Long journey Really find Wonderful home
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There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.

No need Imagine Wondrous beauty
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The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.

About God Does help Made An effort
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He was the owner of the moonlight on the ground, he fell in love with the most beautiful of the trees, he made wreaths of leaves and strung them around his neck.

Moonlight Fell In love Most beautiful
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Some people just shouldn't be disturbed in their inclinations, whether large or small. A reminder can instantly turn enthusiasm into aversion and spoil everything.

Some people Be disturbed Inclinations Large
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