 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 decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour...  (The Illustrated Waverley novels). - Side 290av sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1879Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 354 sider
...amiable qualities." " Thou pretendest," said the Countess, " to be a philosopher ; methinks thou shouldst know, that the fame which hangs its chaplet on the...worth all the petty engagements in which ordinary persona spend the current of their time. One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 922 sider
...amiable qualities." " Thou pretendest," said the Countess, " to be a philosopher ; methinks thou shouldst know, that the fame which hangs its chaplet on the...One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious actions, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 876 sider
...amiable qualities.' 'Thou pretendest,' said the Countess, 'to be a philosopher; methinks thou shouldst know that the fame which hangs its chaplet on the...spend the current of their time. One hour of life, crowned to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those... | |
 | William W. Johnstone - 1998 - 340 sider
...getting seriously hurt, or dead. And I didn't doubt it for an instant. BATTLE IN THE ASHES: Book #17 One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. —Sir Walter Scott No sooner than Ben and the Rebels returned to America, Field Marshal Jesus Dieguez... | |
 | Brian Everitt - 1999 - 220 sider
...got to keep fighting — you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. 1 ;.l 1.1 Kazan One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. Sir Walter Scott Introduction A famous statistician would never travel by airplane, because he had... | |
 | William W. Johnstone - 1999 - 358 sider
...and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental. One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. Sir Walter Scott When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 sider
...but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." — Helen Keller "One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum." — Sir Walter Scott "A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it... | |
 | 2004 - 516 sider
...Keller Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. — -James Bryant Conant One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. — Srr Walter Scott Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial,... | |
 | Peter FitzSimons - 2007 - 192 sider
...around in the jungle we may as well live it, at least a bit to the hilt, no? Just as Walter Scott said: 'One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.' So, loosen up a bit and let's at least enjoy the jungle for what it's worth. But on to a few of the... | |
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