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 SCOTTWill future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
More Walter Scott Quotes
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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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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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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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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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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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