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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.

Walter Scott

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
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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Animal Mindset Mystery Pass
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
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Rise Yourself
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
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
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Beyond Control Fortune Mindset Mortal
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
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
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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Eduacation Hands Man Worth
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
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

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