The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
WALTER SCOTTEach age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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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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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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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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I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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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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One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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