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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.

Walter Scott

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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Deserve Himself Man
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
Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Animal Man Yourself
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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Freedom Privilege Story
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
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
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Freedom Man Myself Yourself
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Silence Talk
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
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
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Heaven Love Man
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
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
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
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin

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