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Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.

Walter Scott

When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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Darkness Friendship Hard Time True
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
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
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
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
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
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
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
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
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
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Drink Greatness Vice
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
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
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself

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