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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

Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
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
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
The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Life Rise Wake Up
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
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
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
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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Dog God Happiness Investment Nature
It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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Cold Eyes Feeling Heart Myself

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