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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.

Walter Scott

I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.
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Blessing Freedom Himself Man Myself Talk Teaching
The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Deep Friendship
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
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Heaven Love Man
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
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
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Dream Night
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
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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Eduacation Hands Man Worth
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
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
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent

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