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From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.

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
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
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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Myself Story Truth
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
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
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
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
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
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
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself

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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