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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

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No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

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O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, and while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn throws up a steamy column, and the cups that cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, so let us welcome peaceful evening in.

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Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou was blind before: Thine eye shall be instructed; and thine heart Made pure shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.

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No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

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Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

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Buddhists and Christians contrive to agree about death ...

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It is the pain, it is the pain, endures.

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Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.

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My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you.

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Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end,...

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A heart makes a good home for the friend.

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O Star-eyed Science! hast thou wandered there, to waft us home the message of despair?

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