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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

Walter Scott

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
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
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
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
A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Goodness Mortal Poor Wine
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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Man Myself Wake Up
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
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
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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Breathe Death Himself Man Soul
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice

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