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There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.

Walter Scott

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
The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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Greatness Path Peace Virtue World
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
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Deal Goodness Love
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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Blessing Night Quiet Spirit
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
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
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
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
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
From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Experience Love Marriage Myself See
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge

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