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Quotes by Sir Walter Scott

  • All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
  • Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive
  • Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
  • We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider everything as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.
  • Look back, and smile on perils past.
  • Oh, the tangled webs we weave When we practice to deceive.
  • And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but death who comes at last.
  • To all, to each, a fair good night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
  • He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.
  • 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