A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from th... by Walter Scott

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

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It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I hav... by Walter Scott

It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.

All live by seeming. by Walter Scott

All live by seeming.

gay hypocrisy land

"Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on!" Were the last words o... by Walter Scott

"Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on!" Were the last words of Marmion.

stanley last-words lasts

For deadly fear can time outgo, and blanch at once the hair. by Walter Scott

For deadly fear can time outgo, and blanch at once the hair.

The most learned, acute, and diligent student cannot, in the longest life, obtain an entire knowledge of this one volume.

volume students bible

Whose lenient sorrows find relief, whose joys are chastened by th... by Walter Scott

Whose lenient sorrows find relief, whose joys are chastened by their grief.

sorrow grief joy

Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime that ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer.

destiny ambition humble

England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

xmas christmas sports

Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. by Walter Scott

Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.

fierce causes spring

Here is neither want of appetite nor mouths, by Walter Scott

Here is neither want of appetite nor mouths,

meat mouths heaven

My hope, my heaven, my trust must be, My gentle guide, in followi... by Walter Scott

My hope, my heaven, my trust must be, My gentle guide, in following thee.

guides thee heaven

Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer. by Walter Scott

Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.

When Israel, of the Lord belov'd, Out of the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her mov'd, An awful guide in smoke and flame.

flames israel father

Earth walks on Earth, Glittering in gold; Earth goes to Earth, Sooner than it wold; Earth builds on Earth, Palaces and towers; Earth says to Earth, Soon, all shall be ours.

towers gold earth

Here eglantine embalm'd the air, Hawthorne and hazel mingled there; The primrose pale, and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower; Fox-glove and nightshade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Group'd their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain.

flower pride dark

I was not always a man of woe. by Walter Scott

I was not always a man of woe.

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.

historical doubt religion

The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V. by Walter Scott

The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.

empires possession sun

Merrily, merrily goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea.

swans summer morning

Warriors! and where are warriors found, If not on martial Britain's ground? And who, when waked with note of fire, Love more than they the British lyre?

warrior notes fire