Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
WALTER SCOTTRecollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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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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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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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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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Come 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!
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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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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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