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Night time view from Calton Hill, Edinburgh -
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The Forth Bridge -
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Portree Waterfront, Isle of Skye -
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The oldest standing house in Northern Europe is at Knap of Howar, dating from 3500 BC -
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The Palace of Holyrood House and the Holyrood Abbey, viewed from the Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh -
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" ... A man with God is always in the majority ... "
— John Knox
" ... Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own ... "
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" ... A place for everything, and everything in its place ... "
— Samuel Smiles
" ... All politicians have vanity. Some wear it more gently than others ... "
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" ... A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence ... "
— David Hume
" ... The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope ... "
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" ... A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one ... "
— Thomas Carlyle
" ... Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that ... "
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" ... My wife says I'm Scotch by absorption ... "
— Magnus Magnusson
" ... Parents learn a lot about coping with life from their children ... "
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" ... Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one ... "
— Thomas Carlyle
" ... Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective ... "
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" ... Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown ... "
— John Buchan
" ... There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why ... "
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" ... Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world ... "
— Ronald David Laing
" ... To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life ... "
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" ... In my end is my beginning ... "
— Mary, Queen of Scots
" ... The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there ... "
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" ... God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December ... "
— J. M. Barrie
" ... A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself ... "
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" ... Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order ... "
— Spike Milligan
" ... The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them ... "
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" ... Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself ... "
— James Mackintosh
" ... The cloven-foot of self-interest was now and then to be seen aneath the robe of public principle ... "
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" ... No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober ... "
— Samuel Smiles
" ... It is a great mortification to the vanity of man, that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value ... "
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" ... My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare ... "
— Mike Myers
" ... A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing ... "
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" ... In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes ... "
— Billy Connolly
" ... this nation must rank among the most enlightened in the universe. Politics, religion and literature have made of Scotland something beyond compare ... "
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" ... Fashion as King is sometimes a very stupid ruler ... "
— Eric Temple Bell
" ... There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement ... "
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" ... There is only one word for aid that is without strings, and that word is blackmail ... "
— Colm Brogan
" ... It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth ... "
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" ... Old and young, we are all on our last cruise ... "
— Robert Louis Stevenson
" ... None of Nature's landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild ... "
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" ... A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder ... "
— Thomas Carlyle
" ... I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward ... "
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" ... He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head ... "
— Margot Asquith speaking of F. E. Smith
" ... When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe ... "
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" ... The worst of being a doctor is that one's mistakes matter so much ... "
— Elsie Inglis
" ... The ideal board of directors should be made up of three men - two dead and the other dying ... "
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" ... Before anything else, preparation is the key to success ... "
— Alexander Graham Bell
" ... A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation ... "
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" ... Custom, then, is the great guide of human life ... "
— David Hume
" ... Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things ... "
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" ... Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves ... "
— J. M. Barrie
" ... Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts ... "
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" ... Some of my plays peter out and some pan out ... "
— J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
" ... There are two rules for drinking whisky. First, never take whisky without water, and second, never take water without whisky ... "
— Chic Murray
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Portrait of Charlotte Stuart by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, c. 1785-1786, held in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery -
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Detail from the charter of Malcolm IV, King of Scotland to Kelso Abbey showing an illustration of David I, King of Scotland. -
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Soutra Aisle, just within the Scottish Borders, not far from Fala, is the remains of the House of the Holy Trinity, a church that was part of a complex comprising a hospital and a friary. The hospital was founded in 1164 by Malcolm "the Maiden" and is believed to have been the largest hospital in mediæval Scotland. -
The Wallace Monument is a sandstone tower, built in the Victorian Gothic style. It stands on the summit of Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of English king Edward I, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge. -
New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism.Photo Credit: Wangi
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The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a town in East Lothian. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which was known officially as Haddingtonshire before 1921. It lies approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of Edinburgh.Photo Credit: Karen Vernon
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Oban (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Òban) (meaning "The Little Bay") is a resort town within the council area of Argyll and Bute. Oban Bay is a near perfect horseshoe bay, protected by the island of Kerrera, and beyond Kerrera is Mull. To the north is the long low island of Lismore, and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour. -
The Scottish Parliament Building (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. It is within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh and was designed by the Catalan architect, Enric Miralles. -
Iona (Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides off the western coast of Scotland. It was a centre of Celtic Christianity for four centuries and is today renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty. It is a popular tourist destination.Photo Credit: Wangi
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Loch Lomond (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laomainn) is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest loch/lake in Great Britain, by surface area, and contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.Photo Credit: Josi
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The National Museum of Scotland is one of Scotland's national museums, on Chambers Street, in Edinburgh. The original Royal Museum began in the 19th century and was added to in the 1990s when a new building known as The Museum of Scotland was added, both merging in 2007 into The National Museum of Scotland. -
The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow. It sits on a hill above, and to the east of, St. Mungo's Cathedral. It was conceived as a Père Lachaise for Glasgow, and subsequently established by the Merchants' House of Glasgow in 1831. Fifty thousand individuals have been buried in approximately 3500 tombs.Photo Credit: S.moeller
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Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh, after reportedly spending fourteen years guarding his owner's grave, until his own death on 14 January 1872. A year after the dog died, the philanthropist Baroness Burdett Coutts, had a statue and fountain erected to commemorate him. -
Arbroath or Aberbrothock (Scottish Gaelic: Obair Bhrothaig) is a former royal burgh on the North Sea coast, around 16 miles (25.7 km) ENE of Dundee and 45 miles (72.4 km) SSW of Aberdeen. It is the largest town in the council area of Angus. and has a population of 22,785. -
Dunfermline Abbey is a large Benedictine abbey in Dunfermline, Fife. It was administered by the Abbot of Dunfermline. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King DavidI, but the monastic establishment was based on an earlier foundation dating back to the reign of King Máel Coluim mac Donnchada (i.e. "Malcolm III" or "Malcolm Canmore", r. 1058-93).Photo Credit: Jerry Sharp
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The geography of Scotland is highly varied, from rural lowlands to barren uplands, and from large cities to uninhabited islands.. Aside from the mainland, Scotland is surrounded by 790 islands encompassing the major archipelagoes of the Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Outer Hebrides.Photo Credit: Schatir
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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a National Nature Reserve. -
The Old Man of Storr is a rock pinnacle, the remains of an ancient volcanic plug. It is part of The Storr, a rocky hill overlooking the Sound of Raasay on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye. -
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. -
Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, just to the east of the New Town. The hill is home to several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument, Nelson's Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory.Photo Credit: ThoWi
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Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. In the language of flowers, the thistle (like the burr) is an ancient Celtic symbol of nobility of character as well as of birth, for the wounding or provocation of a thistle yields punishment.Photo Credit: Wojsy
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Loch Leven (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Lìobhann) is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. Loch Leven extends 8¾ miles (14 km), varying in width between 220 yards (200 m) and just over a mile (1.8 km). It opens onto Camus a'Chois at North Ballachulish, part of Loch Linnhe at its western end.Photo Credit: Paul Hermans
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Fair Isle (from Old Norse Frjóey) (Scottish Gaelic: Eileann nan Geansaidh) is an island off Scotland, lying around halfway between Shetland and the Orkney Islands. The most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom, it is famous for its bird observatory and a traditional style of knitting. -
Crail is a former royal burgh in the East Neuk of Fife. Built around a harbour, it has a particular wealth of vernacular buildings from the 17th to early 19th centuries, many restored by the National Trust for Scotland, and is a favourite subject for artists. -
The tied island of St Ninian's Isle is joined to the Shetland Mainland by the largest tombolo in the UK. -
St Mary's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh and the mother church of Scots Catholicism. -
Loch Tummel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Teimhil) is a long, narrow loch, 7 kilometres north west of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross. A well known view over the loch and the surrounding countryside (with Schiehallion in the background) is the 'Queen's View' from the north shore, which Queen Victoria made famous in 1866. -
Loch Etive (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Eite) is a 30 km sea loch in Argyll and Bute. The name Etive is believed to mean "little ugly one" from the Gaelic Goddess associated with the loch. A road along Glen Etive makes the head of the loch accessible from Glen Coe.Photo Credit: MykReeve
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