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 SCOTTWar is the only game in which both sides lose.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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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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Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists 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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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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