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.
WALTER SCOTTTreason seldom dwells with courage.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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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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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.
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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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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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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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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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