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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

Walter Scott

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Goodness Mortal Poor Wine
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Growth Hard Time Plant
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
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Guide Life Perfection Reason
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
Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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Joy Nature Religious
It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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Cold Eyes Feeling Heart Myself
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Himself Right Tree
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
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

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

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