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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

Walter Scott

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
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
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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Myself Story Truth
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
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
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
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
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
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
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death

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