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What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.

Walter Scott

What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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Mindset People Reality Strange
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
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
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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Friendship Myself Right Wrong
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
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
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
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
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
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
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death

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