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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

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
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
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
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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Animal Death Dog Live Misery Myself
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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Dog God Happiness Investment Nature
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Growth Hard Time Plant
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
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
War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Deep Game Lose War
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
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
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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Greatness Path Peace Virtue World
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
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
I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.
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Blessing Freedom Himself Man Myself Talk Teaching

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