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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Walter Scott

Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
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
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Age Fame Life Oneself Worth
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
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Danger Reality
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge
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
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
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
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
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Growth Hard Time Plant
Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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Blessing Night Quiet Spirit
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Heaven Love Man
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Praise Success
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
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
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
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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Deep Heart Lose World
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
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

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