Walter Scott quotes - page 2

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears. (Walter Scott)
The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out. View quote
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I was not always a man of woe. View quote
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Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. View quote
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Tell that to the marines the sailors wont believe it. View quote
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Steady of heart and stout of hand. View quote
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Time rolls his ceaseless course. View quote
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Still are the thoughts to memory dear. View quote
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Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers. View quote
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I am she, O most bucolical juvenal, under whose charge are placed the milky mothers of the herd. View quote
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A mother's pride, a father's joy. (Walter Scott)
The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V. View quote
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Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. View quote
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Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king. View quote
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There is a southern proverb fine words butter no parsnips. View quote
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Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever. View quote
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O Caledonia stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child Land of brown heath and shaggy wood Land of the mountain and the flood. View quote
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My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor. View quote
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. View quote
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Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. View quote
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Where 's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land. (Walter Scott)
Woman's faith and woman's trust, Write the characters in dust. View quote
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Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries. View quote
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In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven. View quote
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Ne'er Was flattery lost on poet's ear A simple race they waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile. View quote
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Walter Scott

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Occupation: Scottish Novelist
Born: August 15, 1771
Died: September 21, 1832
Quotes count: 199
Wikipedia: Walter Scott

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