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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

Walter Scott

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
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
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
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
Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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Deep Heart Lose World
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
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
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
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 was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Born Fight Man Myself Way World
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Breathe Deep Repair

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