Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
WALTER SCOTTGreatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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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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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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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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Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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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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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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