Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
O Caledonia! stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy read more
O Caledonia! stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood,
Land of my sires! what mortal hand
Can e'er untie the filial band,
That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
