And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
WALTER SCOTTWithout courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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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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Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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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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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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Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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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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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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