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Walter Scott Quotes: Oh, many a shaft at random sentFinds mark the archer little meant!And many a word at random spokenMay soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken!
         

Oh, many a shaft at random sentFinds mark the archer little meant!And many a word at random spokenMay soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken!


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Oh, many a shaft at random sentFinds mark the archer little meant!And many a word at random spokenMay soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken!
         



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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.



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



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



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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!



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



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



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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.



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.



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Look back, and smile on perils past.





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I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author.

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