Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
WALTER SCOTTEach age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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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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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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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.
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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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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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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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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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