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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.

Walter Scott

And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
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
Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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Deep Heart Lose World
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
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
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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Heart Heaven Human Spring Tears
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
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
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 will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
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

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