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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

Walter Scott

Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Rise Yourself
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
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
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
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 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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Blessing Freedom Himself Man Myself Talk Teaching
The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
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
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
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile

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