Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

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Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.

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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

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What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.

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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

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True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.

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