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Walter Scott

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
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
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Danger Reality
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
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
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
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
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
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
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
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
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
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin

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