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

Walter Scott

Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
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
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
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
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
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
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
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
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart 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
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness

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