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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Walter Scott

Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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Character Excellence Existence Strange
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
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
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
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
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

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