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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.

Walter Scott

Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
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
War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Deep Game Lose War
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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Animal Death Dog Live Misery Myself
Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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Joy Nature Religious
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Rise Yourself
Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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Deep Heart Lose World
From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Experience Love Marriage Myself See
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice
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
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
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing

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