Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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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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Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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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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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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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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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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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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