Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
WALTER SCOTTWhere is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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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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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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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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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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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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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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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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