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Quote by Walter Scott
A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. – Walter Scott

Other quotes by Walter Scott

Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary. – Walter Scott

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Poetry
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Walter Scott
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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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The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, Im looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling. – Robert M. Pirsig

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Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. – Khalil Gibran

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It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. – Oscar Wilde

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Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it. – Franz Kafka

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