I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
WALTER SCOTT
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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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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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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There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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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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Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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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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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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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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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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The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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