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One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.

Walter Scott

The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Dare Inspirational One Liner Soul Willing
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Attitude Business Failure Success
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Age Fame Life Oneself Worth
It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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Cold Eyes Feeling Heart Myself
And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Born Doubt Reading
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
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
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
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
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
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship

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