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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!

Walter Scott

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
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
One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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Character Goodness Man
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
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Praise Success
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
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
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
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
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
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue

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