Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
WALTER SCOTTBlessed 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.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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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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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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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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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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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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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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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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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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