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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.

Walter Scott

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
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
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
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
When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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Darkness Friendship Hard Time True
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 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 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
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
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
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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Animal Mindset Mystery Pass
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Danger Reality

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