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When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.
Walter Scott
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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse Fear, for their scourge, means villains have, Thou art the torturer of the brave!
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Oh, poverty parts good company.
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Vengeance to God alone belongs But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame!
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See yonder rock from which the fountain gushes is it less compact of adamant, though waters flow from it? Firm hearts have moister eyes.
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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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A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battled fields no more. Days of danger, nights of waking.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Wounds sustained for the sake of conscience carry their own balsam with the blow.
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