Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
WALTER SCOTTSuccess or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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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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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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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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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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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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I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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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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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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