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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.

Walter Scott

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Life Rise Wake Up
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
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Guide Life Perfection Reason
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
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
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
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
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
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
From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Experience Love Marriage Myself See
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
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Heaven Love Man
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope

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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