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Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.

Walter Scott

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
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
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Age Fame Life Oneself Worth
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Growth Hard Time Plant
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
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 a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
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
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature

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