And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
WALTER SCOTTHeaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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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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Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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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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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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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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Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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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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