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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.

Walter Scott

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
Do not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?
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Philosophy Poet Religious Unity
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
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
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
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
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
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
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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Heart Heaven Human Spring Tears
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
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
It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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Cold Eyes Feeling Heart Myself
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Bright Fear Hope
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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Dog God Happiness Investment Nature
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Dream Equality Light Night
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
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Animal Mystery
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
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself

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