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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges

Walter Scott

Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
Do not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?
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Philosophy Poet Religious Unity
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
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Attitude Business Failure Success
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
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
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
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
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
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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Greatness Path Peace Virtue World
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time

Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges

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