We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
WALTER SCOTTHeap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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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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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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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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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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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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I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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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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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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