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

Walter Scott

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
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
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
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
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
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
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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Eduacation Hands Man Worth
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.
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Blessing Freedom Himself Man Myself Talk Teaching
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
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

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

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