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Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.

Walter Scott

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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Eduacation Hands Man Worth
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
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
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
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
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
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
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
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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Mindset People Reality Strange
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent

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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