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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

Walter Scott

It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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Freedom Privilege Story
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
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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Breathe Death Himself Man Soul
The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Life Rise Wake Up
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
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
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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Dog God Happiness Investment Nature
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
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
Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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