Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
WALTER SCOTTSteady of heart and stout of hand.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
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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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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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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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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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