Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
WALTER SCOTTDo not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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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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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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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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