Quote by Walter Scott
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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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. – Walter Scott

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power
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. – Walter Scott

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Age
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Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary. – Walter Scott

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Poetry
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. – Buddha

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Truth

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. – Attributed to James A. Garfield

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Language is the house of the truth of Being. – Martin Heidegger

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Truth

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth. – Peter Abelard

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Be well, do good work, and keep in touch. – Garrison Keillor

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Live the life youve dreamed. – Henry David Thoreau

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Life

Champions arent made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. – Muhammad Ali

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. – St.Augustine

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Self-Discovery