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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.

Walter Scott

Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Beyond Control Fortune Mindset Mortal
What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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Mindset People Reality Strange
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Experience Love Marriage Myself See
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Deal Goodness Love
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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Deserve Himself Man
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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Animal Death Dog Live Misery Myself
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Attitude Business Failure Success
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Energy Ourselves Purpose Strength Wonderful
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Breathe Deep Repair
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion

Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.

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