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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

The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
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
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
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
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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Children Grace Poetry Teaching Virtue Wisdom
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
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
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
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
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time

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