Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
WALTER SCOTTCrystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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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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The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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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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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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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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