Tag: Walter Scott
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Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
Walter Scott
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
Walter Scott
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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.
Walter Scott
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O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that’s broken!
Walter Scott
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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.
Walter Scott
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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
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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
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
Walter Scott
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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
Walter Scott
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Success – keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.
Walter Scott