War is the only game in which both sides lose.
WALTER SCOTT
Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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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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I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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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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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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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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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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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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