Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.Sir Scott
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Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion
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Tis plain that there is not in nature a point of stability to be found everything either ascends or declines. When wars are ended abroad, sedition begins at home, and when men are freed from fighting for necessity, they quarrel through ambition.
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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity
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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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