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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.

Walter Scott

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
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Ambition Deep Man Ruin
Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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Deep Heart Lose World
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Hands Heart Time
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Fate Happiness Live
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Coward Dare Fight Nation
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Art Children Garden Nature
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Past Smile
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
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
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
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
The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Life Rise 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
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Beginning Himself
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
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Energy Ourselves Purpose Strength Wonderful
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Growth Hard Time Plant
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Age Fame Life Oneself Worth
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Heart Man Poor Religion
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
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Death Deep Perspective Philosophy
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue

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