All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
WALTER SCOTTGood Night, Goodnight, Dream.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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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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Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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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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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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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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