Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
WALTER SCOTTA sinful heart makes feeble hand.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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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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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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Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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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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Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Good Night, Goodnight, Dream.
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