The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
WALTER SCOTTHail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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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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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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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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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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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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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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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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