Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
WALTER SCOTTAs long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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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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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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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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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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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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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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