The will to do, the soul to dare.
WALTER SCOTTA 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.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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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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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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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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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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