Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
WALTER SCOTTMany of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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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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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?
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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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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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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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Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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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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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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