The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
WALTER SCOTTOne or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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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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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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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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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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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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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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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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