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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

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
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Praise Success
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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Joy Nature Religious
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Rise Yourself
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
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
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
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
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
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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Deserve Himself Man

A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

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