From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
WALTER SCOTTHe that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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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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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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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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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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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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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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