A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
WALTER SCOTTHope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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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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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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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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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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I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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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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