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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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The sickening pang of hope deferr'd.
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And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
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Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.
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It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.
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Silence, maiden thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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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!
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Who, noteless as the race from which he sprung, Saved others' names, but left his own unsung.
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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Certainly, quoth Athelstane, women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.
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In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster.
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Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which are dashed against each other, and so perish.
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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