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All is possible for those who dare to die!

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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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When Israel, of the Lord belov'd, Out of the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her mov'd, An awful guide in smoke and flame.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving and correcting the information you possess by the authority of others.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Methinks I will not die quite happy without having seen something of that Rome of which I have read so much.
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Where shall the lover rest, Whom the fates sever From his true maiden's breast, Parted for ever? Where, through groves deep and high, Sounds the far billow, Where early violets die, Under the willow.
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Necessity--thou best of peacemakers, As well as surest prompter of invention.
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Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name
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...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Warriors! and where are warriors found, If not on martial Britain's ground? And who, when waked with note of fire, Love more than they the British lyre?
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The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
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Blud's thicker than water.
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Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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