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I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.

Walter Scott

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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Better History Purpose Reading
Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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Man Myself Wake Up
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
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
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
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
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
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
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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Children Grace Poetry Teaching Virtue Wisdom
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance

I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.

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