He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
WALTER SCOTTLove rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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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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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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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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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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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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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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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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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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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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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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From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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