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It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.

Walter Scott

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Do not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?
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Philosophy Poet Religious Unity
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
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
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
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
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Energy Ourselves Purpose Strength Wonderful
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
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
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

It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.

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It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.

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