Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
WALTER SCOTT
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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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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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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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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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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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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