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

Quote by Walter Scott

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

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

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.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

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

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

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

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.

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...

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...

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides