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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.

Walter Scott

Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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Heart Heaven Human Spring Tears
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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Friendship Myself Right Wrong
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
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
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
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
Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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Animal Mindset Mystery Pass
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
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
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
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Growth Hard Time Plant
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Breathe Deep Repair

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.

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