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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.

Walter Scott

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
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
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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Freedom Privilege Story
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Beyond Control Fortune Mindset Mortal
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Attitude Business Failure Success
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
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
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
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
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
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

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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