Quotes by Walter Scott

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

#Walter Scott

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties...

#Walter Scott

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...

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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and...

#Walter Scott

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

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When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.

#Walter Scott

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps...

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What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

#Walter Scott

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on...

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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

#Walter Scott