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

— Walter Scott

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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. ↗

— Walter Scott

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

— Walter Scott

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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. ↗

— Walter Scott

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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. ↗

— Walter Scott

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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once. ↗

— Walter Scott

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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. ↗

— Walter Scott

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The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me. ↗

— Walter Scott

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As much as we all talk about the future and how so many things are merging, there is a simplicity that is crucial. ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. ↗

— Walter Scott

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