Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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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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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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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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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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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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