Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
WALTER SCOTTBreathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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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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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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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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Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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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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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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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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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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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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