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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.

Walter Scott

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
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Goodness Mortal Poor Wine
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
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
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
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Breathe Deep Repair
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Life Rise Wake Up
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible

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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