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There is a southern proverb - fine words butter no parsnips.
Walter Scott
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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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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!
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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I am she, O most bucolical juvenal, under whose charge are placed the milky mothers of the herd.
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He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
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On his bold visage middle age Had slightly press'd its signet sage, Yet had not quench'd the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth: Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I.
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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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Well, then--our course is chosen--spread the sail-- Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well-- Look to the helm, good master--many a shoal Marks this stern coast, and rocks, where sits the Siren Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.
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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
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Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, morn of toil, nor night of waking.
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For deadly fear can time outgo, and blanch at once the hair.
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Time rolls his ceaseless course.
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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.
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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.
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I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.
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