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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

Walter Scott

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
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
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
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
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
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
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
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
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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Blessing Night Quiet Spirit
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
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
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
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

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