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.
WALTER SCOTTGreatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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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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Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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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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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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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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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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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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