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War is the only game in which both sides lose.

Walter Scott

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
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
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
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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Children Grace Poetry Teaching Virtue Wisdom
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Praise Success
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
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
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
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
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Goodness Mortal Poor Wine
What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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Mindset People Reality Strange
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

War is the only game in which both sides lose.

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