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Walter Scott Quotes: "It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty."

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.



Walter Scott Quotes: "To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light."

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.




Walter Scott Quotes: "The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it."

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.



Walter Scott Quotes: "O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!"

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!




Walter Scott Quotes: "Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening."

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities."

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.



Walter Scott Quotes: "If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once."

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.




Walter Scott Quotes: "How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted."

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Look back, and smile on perils past."

Look back, and smile on perils past.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Treason seldom dwells with courage."

Treason seldom dwells with courage.



Walter Scott Quotes: "He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round."

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.



Walter Scott Quotes: "War is the only game in which both sides lose."

War is the only game in which both sides lose.




Walter Scott Quotes: "Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of."

Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.



Walter Scott Quotes: "We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart."

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.



Walter Scott Quotes: "O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!"

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!



Walter Scott Quotes: "Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life."

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.



Walter Scott Quotes: "To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so."

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.



Walter Scott Quotes: "What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are."

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.



Walter Scott Quotes: "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?"

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?



Walter Scott Quotes: "Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!"

Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!



Walter Scott Quotes: "Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!"

Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!



Walter Scott Quotes: "Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep."

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame!"

Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame!



Walter Scott Quotes: "Heap on more wood! - the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still."

Heap on more wood! - the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love."

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell."

Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.



Walter Scott Quotes: "The will to do, the soul to dare.."

The will to do, the soul to dare..



Walter Scott Quotes: "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!"

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!



Walter Scott Quotes: "...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility."

...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.



Walter Scott Quotes: "All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education."

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.



Walter Scott Quotes: "The tear, down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose; When next the summer breeze comes by And waves the bush, the flower is dry."

The tear, down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose; When next the summer breeze comes by And waves the bush, the flower is dry.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges"

Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges



Walter Scott Quotes: "Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it."

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake."

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.



Walter Scott Quotes: "See yonder rock from which the fountain gushes; is it less compact of adamant, though waters flow from it? Firm hearts have moister eyes."

See yonder rock from which the fountain gushes; is it less compact of adamant, though waters flow from it? Firm hearts have moister eyes.



Walter Scott Quotes: "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."

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.



Walter Scott Quotes: "A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy."

A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.



Walter Scott Quotes: "If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors."

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.



Walter Scott Quotes: "The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances."

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer."

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn."

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.



Walter Scott Quotes: "A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year."

A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.



Walter Scott Quotes: "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."

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.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Cats are a mysterious kind of folk."

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.



Walter Scott Quotes: "God in his goodness sent the grapes To cheer both great and small; Little fools will drink too much And great fools none at all!"

God in his goodness sent the grapes To cheer both great and small; Little fools will drink too much And great fools none at all!



Walter Scott Quotes: "Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, Easy live and quiet die."

Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, Easy live and quiet die.



Walter Scott Quotes: "We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on."

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary."

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.



Walter Scott Quotes: "Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness."

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.