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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

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
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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Friendship Myself Right Wrong
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
I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Born Fight Man Myself Way World
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Guide Life Perfection Reason
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Deal Goodness Love
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late

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