Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
WALTER SCOTTTreason seldom dwells with courage.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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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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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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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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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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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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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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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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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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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 was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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