If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
WALTER SCOTTIs death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.
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It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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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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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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