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.
WALTER SCOTTWelcome as the flowers in May.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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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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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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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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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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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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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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