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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.

Walter Scott

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
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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Myself Story Truth
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
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
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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Character Goodness Man
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
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 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
I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Born Fight Man Myself Way World
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Growth Hard Time Plant

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