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

Walter Scott

Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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Myself Story Truth
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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Animal Death Dog Live Misery Myself
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
Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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Man Myself Wake Up
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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Dog God Happiness Investment Nature
I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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Friendship Myself Right Wrong
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
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
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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Blessing Night Quiet Spirit
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind

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