Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
WALTER SCOTTIt is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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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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Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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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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November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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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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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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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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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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It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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