Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
WALTER SCOTTCats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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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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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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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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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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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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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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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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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
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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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