The will to do, the soul to dare.
WALTER SCOTTHe that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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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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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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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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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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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.
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What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
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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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Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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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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