Walter Scott

I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach…

— Walter Scott

Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field, When shiver'd was…

— Walter Scott

Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can…

— Walter Scott

Thou hast had thty day, old dame, but thy sun has long been set. Thou art now the very emblem of an…

— Walter Scott

In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a…

— Walter Scott

True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes…

— Walter Scott

“The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from…

— Walter Scott

“But all that a king can give to a people is a smile, such as the sun bestows on the snowy peaks…

— Walter Scott

“Female forms of exquisite grace and beauty began to mingle in his mental adventures; nor was he long without looking abroad to…

— Walter Scott

“I am about to recount occurred during the last years of the 14th century, when the Scottish sceptre was swayed by the…

— Walter Scott

True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is the secret sympathy, The silver link,…

— Walter Scott

A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can…

— Walter Scott