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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

Walter Scott

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Attitude Business Failure Success
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
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Heaven Love Man
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
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice
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
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 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
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
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

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