Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest ... -Walter Scott

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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Walter Scott , Novelist
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Walter Scott Quotes to Explore

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 that's broken!...
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted....
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry deco...
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love....
Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary....
Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest....
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn....
A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy....
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer....
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty....

New Year's Quotes to Explore

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right...
I've had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year's Eve....
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking....
I had a New Year's kiss once. But it was like, 'Let's start the year off together,' and then we wound up breaking up the night after!...
Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties....
Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve....
If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult....
My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging ...
To be an ideal guest, stay at home....
I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor....