Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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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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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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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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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!
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It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.
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