Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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