Sir Walter Scott ( 10 of 55 )
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
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.
