James Hogg quotes

Man mind yoursel is the first commandment. (James Hogg)
Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much, as consigning them to eternal damnation. View quote
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Where the pools are bright and deep Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea That's the way for Billy and me. View quote
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A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart-better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog? View quote
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Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. View quote
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He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast. View quote
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It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining. View quote
James Hogg
The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising of the sun; and if all the shepherds in the Forest had been there to have assisted him, they could not have effected it with greater propriety. View quote
James Hogg