And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but death who comes at last.
Sir Walter Scott Quotations
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And come he slow, or come he fast,
It is but death who comes at last.
It is but death who comes at last.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive
Oh, what tangled webs we weave, When we first practice to deceive.
The will to do, the soul to dare.
Too much rest is rust.
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
To all, to each, a fair good night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
When first we practise to deceive!
Oh, the tangled webs we weave When we practice to deceive.
To all, to each, a fair good night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed.