The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
WALTER SCOTTThe man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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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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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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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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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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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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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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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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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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