The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
WALTER SCOTTSilence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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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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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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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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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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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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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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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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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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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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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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