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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.

Walter Scott

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Life Rise Wake Up
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
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
There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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Character Excellence Existence Strange
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Heaven Time
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Himself Right Tree
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
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
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
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

Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.

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