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Steady of heart and stout of hand.

Walter Scott

Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Deep Game Lose War
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Beyond Control Fortune Mindset Mortal
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Heaven Love Man
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
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
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Age Fame Life Oneself Worth
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice
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
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Rise Yourself

Steady of heart and stout of hand.

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