O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

Quote by Walter Scott

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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore...

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore...

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the...

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the...

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on...

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on...

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps...

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps...

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many...

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many...

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For...

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For...

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.