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.
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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Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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Hurry no man’s cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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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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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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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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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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Treason seldom dwells with courage.
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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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Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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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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