Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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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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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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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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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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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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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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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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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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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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