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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.

Walter Scott

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
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
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
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
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
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
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
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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Animal Death Dog Live Misery Myself
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Food Hell Revenge
Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Joy One Liner Peace Wake Up
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
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
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
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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Age Believe Existence Stupidity
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hands Heart Sin
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
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
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Drink Greatness Habit Kind
Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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Animal Mindset Mystery Pass
Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Courage Death

Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.

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