Sir Walter Scott ( 10 of 55 )
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
