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Walter Scott

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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Deep Heart Lose World
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
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
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
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
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
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
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Age Fame Life Oneself Worth
A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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Forever Guide Heart Honesty Humble Sound Spirit Time
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
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Praise Success

Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.

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