All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
WALTER SCOTTGreat talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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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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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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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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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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