Walter Scott on drink
Walter Scott87 quotes“Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.”
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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Walter ScottWalter Scott And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
Walter ScottWalter Scott 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 ScottWalter Scott Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
Walter ScottWalter Scott The will to do, the soul to dare.
Walter ScottWalter Scott The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
Walter ScottWalter Scott 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 ScottWalter Scott Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
Walter ScottWalter Scott A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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