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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.

Walter Scott

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
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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Breathe Death Himself Man Soul
Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
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Freedom Man Myself Yourself
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
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
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
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
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Breathe Deep Repair
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
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
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

Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.

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