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

Quote by Walter Scott

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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 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,...

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...

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

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.

'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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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