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/ page 928 of 1205 /A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?
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Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
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He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast.
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It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining.
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He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.
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Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.
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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
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In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
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True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.
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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
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But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
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Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.
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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
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The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
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Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
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Light is the task where many share the toil.
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There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
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To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
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It is not good to have a rule of many.
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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
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