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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Walter Scott

Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
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
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
War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Deep Game Lose War
Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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Animal Mindset Mystery Pass
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
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
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
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
Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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Better History Purpose Reading
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
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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Children Grace Poetry Teaching Virtue Wisdom

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