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.
WALTER SCOTTTreason seldom dwells with courage.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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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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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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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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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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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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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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