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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

Walter Scott

Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
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
War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Deep Game Lose War
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
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
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
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Praise Success
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Deal Goodness Love
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
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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Man Myself Wake Up
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
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
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
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
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
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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Character Goodness Man
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

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