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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

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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
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Danger Reality
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
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
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
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
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
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
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Praise Success
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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Character Goodness Man
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

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