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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.

Walter Scott

Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Himself Right Tree
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
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
A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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Forever Guide Heart Honesty Humble Sound Spirit Time
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
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
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
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
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
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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Animal Death Dog Live Misery Myself
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Beyond Control Fortune Mindset Mortal
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile

Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.

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