Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
WALTER SCOTTRevenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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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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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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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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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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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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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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