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Walter Scott Inspirational Quotes (294)

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It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent.
Walter Dill Scott
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Dear to me is my bonnie white steed Oft has he helped me at pinch of need.
Walter Scott
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Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.
Walter Scott
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
Walter Scott
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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
Walter Scott
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Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade.
Walter Scott
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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
Walter Scott
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Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Walter Scott
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Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.
Walter Scott
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Art thou a friend to Roderick?
Walter Scott
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It 's no fish ye 're buying, it 's men's lives.
Walter Scott
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'Tis an old tale, and often told But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd for gold, That loved, or was avenged, like me!
Walter Scott
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But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like again?
Walter Scott
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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
Walter Scott
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Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion.
Walter Scott
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A mother's pride, a father's joy.
Walter Scott
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I am she, O most bucolical juvenal, under whose charge are placed the milky mothers of the herd.
Walter Scott
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Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er.
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The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have know a better day.
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Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king!
Walter Scott
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He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, Adieu for evermore, my love, And adieu for evermore.
Walter Scott
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God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being.
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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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Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries!
Walter Scott
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