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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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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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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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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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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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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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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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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