Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
WALTER SCOTTWelcome as the flowers in May.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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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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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
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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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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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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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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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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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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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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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