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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.

Walter Scott

Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
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
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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Deserve Himself Man
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
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
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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Character Excellence Existence Strange
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
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
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
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
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
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
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
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

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