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.
WALTER SCOTTCats are a mysterious kind of folk.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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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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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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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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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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