Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
WALTER SCOTTMany a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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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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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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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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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.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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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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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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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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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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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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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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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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