Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
WALTER SCOTTTo the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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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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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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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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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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Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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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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The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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