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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.

Walter Scott

As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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Character Excellence Existence Strange
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
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
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
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge
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
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
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
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
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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Better History Purpose Reading

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