And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
WALTER SCOTTWho, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
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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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War is the only game in which both sides lose.
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From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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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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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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