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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

Walter Scott

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
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
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
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
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
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
When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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Darkness Friendship Hard Time True
A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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Forever Guide Heart Honesty Humble Sound Spirit Time
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
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
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

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