Look back, and smile on perils past.
WALTER SCOTTLove rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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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.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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