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  • Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor; while the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

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  • Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.

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  • The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

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    Walter Scott (1875). “Waverley Novels: The heart of Mid-Lothian”, p.420

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

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    Walter Scott (2015). “The Complete Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate, The Keepsake Stories, The Highland Widow, The Tapestried Chamber, Halidon Hill, Auchindrane and many more: From the Great Scottish Writer, Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Anne of Geierstein, The Betrothed and The Talisman”, p.663, e-artnow
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Walter Scott

  • Born: August 15, 1771
  • Died: September 21, 1832
  • Occupation: Baronet Scott
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