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Walter Scott

Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
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
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
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
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Danger Reality
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Breathe Deep Repair
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
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness

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