Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that…

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“Our life is a warfare, and a mere pilgrimage.”

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Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood…

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