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One Quotes by Walter Scott
- When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.
- The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
- Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.
- From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
- The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have…
- One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of…
- One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name
- One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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