Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
WALTER SCOTTAnd better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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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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Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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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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What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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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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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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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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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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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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