A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
WALTER SCOTTIf you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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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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I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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