Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
WALTER SCOTTBlessed 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.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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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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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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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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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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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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It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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