The consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor
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Chivalry---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.Sir Scott
Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow
Sir Scott
You have power, rank, command, influence we have wealth, the source both of our strength and weakness . . .
Sir Scott
Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.
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Death is dreadful, but in the first springtime of youth, to be snatched forcibly from the banquet to which the individual has but just sat down is peculiarly appalling
Sir Scott
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