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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. – Walter Scott

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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. – Walter Scott

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Education
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Walter Scott
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To always be intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it — this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed. – Walter Scott

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Carpe Diem
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. – Walter Scott

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strength
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Walter Scott
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. – Pindar

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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison. – Andre Maurois

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. – Voltaire

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It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can. – Sargent Shriver

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