Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
WALTER SCOTTBreathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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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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Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.
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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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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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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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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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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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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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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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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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