Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, 1771 - 1832
Oil on canvas by Sir Henry Raeburn (1822)
Walter Scott quotes:
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- If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you will never be rich. permalink
Walter Scott - Rob Roy (1817) - If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once. permalink
Walter Scott - Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening. permalink
Walter Scott - It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none. permalink
Walter Scott - Rob Roy (1817) - It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent. permalink
Walter Scott - It is part of the cure to wish to be cured. permalink
Walter Scott - Rob Roy (1817) - It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. permalink
Walter Scott - Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it. permalink
Walter Scott - Rob Roy (1817) - Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou art gone, and forever! permalink
Walter Scott - Look back, and smile on perils past. permalink
Walter Scott - Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below, and saints above:
For love is heaven, and heaven is love. permalink
Walter Scott - Love will subsist on wonderfully little hope but not altogether without it. permalink
Walter Scott - Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never. permalink
Walter Scott - Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or of good morals, than appear ignorant of the most minute point of fashionable etiquette. permalink
Walter Scott - Ivanhoe (1819) - Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness. permalink
Walter Scott
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