Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
WALTER SCOTTWar is the only game in which both sides lose.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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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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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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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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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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