We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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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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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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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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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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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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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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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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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