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

Quote by Walter Scott

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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...

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

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...

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter...

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter...

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

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

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...

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

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...

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

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

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

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...

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any...

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any...

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...

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to...

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to...

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.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

We always come back to our first love.

We always come back to our first love.

Go away...I'm alright.

Go away...I'm alright.

One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.

One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous...

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous...