What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
Tags: own, my-own, only, loneliness

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Time goes by: reputation increases, ability declines.
Tags: time, aging-and-old-age
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
Tags: goes, ability, reputation, time
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
Tags: die, loneliness, great, you, alone
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
Tags: quieter, warmer, simpler, may, only, grow
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
Tags: just, surgeon, attention, important, good
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