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

Walter Scott

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
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Deal Goodness Love
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
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
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
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
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
One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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Character Goodness Man
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
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice

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