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I have sometimes thought of t...

I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?

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The Book of Books Within this...

The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way; But better had they ne'er been born That read to doubt or read to scorn.

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Where is the coward that woul...

Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?

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A good deal of philanthropy a...

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.

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Who, noteless as the race fro...

Who, noteless as the race from which he sprung, Saved others' names, but left his own unsung.

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I have heard men talk about t...

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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Breathes there the man with s...

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.

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Success or failure in busines...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

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True love's the gift which Go...

True love's the gift which God has given
To man alone beneath the heaven.
It is the secret sympathy,
The silver link, the silken tie,
Which heart to heart, and mind to mind,
In body and in soul can bind.

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Breathes there the man, with ...

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd From wandering on a foreign strand! If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.

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Tears are the softening showe...

Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.

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God in his goodness sent the ...

God in his goodness sent the grapes
To cheer both great and small;
Little fools will drink too much
And great fools none at all!

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Love rules the court, the cam...

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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To be ambitious of true honor...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

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Many miles away there's a sha...

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

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If you once turn on your side...

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

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What is a diary as a rule? A ...

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.

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He is the best sailor who can...

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

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A lawyer without history or l...

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

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Unless a tree has borne bloss...

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....