Steady of heart and stout of hand.
WALTER SCOTTCrystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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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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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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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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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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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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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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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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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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