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Quote by Walter Scott
To always be intending to live a new life, but never find time to

To always be 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. – Walter Scott

Other quotes by Walter Scott

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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History
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O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart thats broken! – Walter Scott

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movingon
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light. – Walter Scott

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The future has a way of arriving unannounced. – George F. Will

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Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. – Wayne Dyer

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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. – Samuel Johnson

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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I havent been there for him… and thats sad. – Daniel Baldwin

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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use. – Gamaliel Bailey

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