Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
WALTER SCOTTThere never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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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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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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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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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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