Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
WALTER SCOTTA Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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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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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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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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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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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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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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