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When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.

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
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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Deserve Himself Man
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
Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
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Freedom Man Myself Yourself
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
It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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Freedom Privilege Story
War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Deep Game Lose War
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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Darkness Friendship Hard Time True
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
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
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.

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