And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
WALTER SCOTTCome fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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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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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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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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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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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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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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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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