Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
WALTER SCOTTGreatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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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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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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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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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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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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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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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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