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Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.

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
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
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
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
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
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
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
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
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
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
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
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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Heart Myself Tears
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
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Beyond Control Fortune Mindset Mortal
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Age Fame Life Oneself Worth

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