--- title: "15 Sir Walter Scott Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Sir Walter Scott quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Sir Walter Scott sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/olivia-shakespear-45051_sir-walter-scott_like-jonathan-swift-yeats-was-always-a-g_1366524.jpg" --- > [“Like Jonathan Swift, Yeats was always a great renamer of his women, giving them mythical aliases or the names of Sir Walter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-shakespear/like-jonathan-swift-yeats-was-always-a-great-renamer-of-his-women/) [Olivia Shakespear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-shakespear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/olivia-shakespear-45051_sir-walter-scott_like-jonathan-swift-yeats-was-always-a-g_1366524.jpg) > [With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/with-the-single-exception-of-homer-there-is-no-eminent-writer-not/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/george-bernard-shaw-68_despise_with-the-single-exception-of-homer-there_56597.jpg) > [My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/my-breakthrough-as-a-reader-was-when-i-discovered-the-european/) [Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/terry-brooks-3252_adventure_my-breakthrough-as-a-reader-was-when-i-d_2418738.jpg) > [“You and I are from two different worlds." "Nonsense. We have much in common. We both like books, dogs, poems, Sir Walter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hawkins/you-and-i-are-from-two-different-worlds-nonsense-we-have-much-in/) [Karen Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/karen-hawkins-1678_animal_you-and-i-are-from-two-different-worlds_591471.png) > [ I would say it was \[ifluence\] all the Greeks and the Russian classics like \[Lev\] Tolstoy, \[Andrey\] Goncharov,\[Fedor\] Dostoyevsky, \[Alexander\] Pushkin, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-would-say-it-was-ifluence-all-the-greeks-and-the-russian-classics/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/vera-nazarian-1671_bronte_i-would-say-it-was-ifluence-all-the-gree_2921445.jpg) > [“Sir Walter Scott created rank & caste in the South and also reverence for and pride and pleasure in them. Life on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/sir-walter-scott-created-rank-caste-in-the-south-and-also-reverence/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/mark-twain-22_chivalry_sir-walter-scott-created-rank-caste-in-t_2285238.png) > [“Having been bred amongst mountains I am always unhappy when in a flat country. Whenever the skirts of the horizon come on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hogg/having-been-bred-amongst-mountains-i-am-always-unhappy-when-in-a-flat/) [James Hogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hogg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/james-hogg-26205_mountains_having-been-bred-amongst-mountains-i-am_1340561.jpg) > [“The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/the-wretch-concentred-all-in-self-living-shall-forfeit-fair-renown-2/) [Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/walter-scott-775_famous_the-wretch-concentred-all-in-self-living_2316247.png) > [“He laughed, but his face was unreadable as he looked at her titles. “Ah, a collection from Sir Walter Scott. Very nice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-michaels/he-laughed-but-his-face-was-unreadable-as-he-looked-at-her-titles-ah/) [Jess Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/jess-michaels-16850_sensibility_he-laughed-but-his-face-was-unreadable-a_2368297.jpg) > [How much he was shaped by being in the hospital so much as a kid. Because he was sick, he was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-matthews/how-much-he-was-shaped-by-being-in-the-hospital-so-much-as-a-kid/) [Chris Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/chris-matthews-1682_arthur_how-much-he-was-shaped-by-being-in-the-h_550395.png) > [“Now that reading and writing are universal accomplishments, books are not bought so freely as they were about 1820. . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/now-that-reading-and-writing-are-universal-accomplishments-books-are/) [Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/andrew-lang-15654_book_now-that-reading-and-writing-are-univers_2879049.jpg) > [“In Britain, chinoiserie was eclipsed by the medievalism of Sir Walter Scott and the Gothic Revival, while in Europe japonisme would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-gertner-zatlin/in-britain-chinoiserie-was-eclipsed-by-the-medievalism-of-sir-walter/) Linda Gertner Zatlin [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/linda-gertner-zatlin-116800_japanese-art_in-britain-chinoiserie-was-eclipsed-by-t_2226361.jpg) > [“Eva knows I'm terra incognita and explores me unhurriedly, like you did. Because she's lean as a boy. Because her scent is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/eva-knows-i-m-terra-incognita-and-explores-me-unhurriedly-like-you/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/david-mitchell-264_beauty_eva-knows-i-m-terra-incognita-and-explor_2879958.jpg) > [ “I \[...\] suggest considering Byron as a Scottish poet – I say ’Scottish’, not ’Scots’, since he wrote in English. The one… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot-2/i-suggest-considering-byron-as-a-scottish-poet-i-say-scottish-not/) [T.S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/t-s-eliot-2-1761_byron_i-suggest-considering-byron-as-a-scottis_1943548.jpg) > [“Sixsmith, Eva. Because her name is a synonym for temptation: what treads nearer to the core of man? Because her soul swims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/sixsmith-eva-because-her-name-is-a-synonym-for-temptation-what-treads/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/david-mitchell-264_fall-in-love_sixsmith-eva-because-her-name-is-a-synon_992430.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sir-walter-scott/#itemlist", "name": "Sir Walter Scott Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Like Jonathan Swift, Yeats was always a great renamer of his women, giving them mythical aliases or the names of Sir Walter Scott’s heroines, referring to them by Golden Dawn initials, and turning feminine Georgies into masculine Georges.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Olivia Shakespear" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-shakespear/like-jonathan-swift-yeats-was-always-a-great-renamer-of-his-women/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/olivia-shakespear-45051_sir-walter-scott_like-jonathan-swift-yeats-was-always-a-g_1366524.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/olivia-shakespear-45051_sir-walter-scott_like-jonathan-swift-yeats-was-always-a-g_1366524.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/olivia-shakespear-45051_sir-walter-scott_like-jonathan-swift-yeats-was-always-a-g_1366524.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like Jonathan Swift, Yeats was always a great renamer of his women, giving them mythical aliases or the…” — Olivia Shakespear", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his. . . . 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Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Scott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/the-wretch-concentred-all-in-self-living-shall-forfeit-fair-renown-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/walter-scott-775_famous_the-wretch-concentred-all-in-self-living_2316247.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/walter-scott-775_famous_the-wretch-concentred-all-in-self-living_2316247.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/walter-scott-775_famous_the-wretch-concentred-all-in-self-living_2316247.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To…” — Walter Scott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He laughed, but his face was unreadable as he looked at her titles. “Ah, a collection from Sir Walter Scott. 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[February 1894, editor's introduction to Dana Estes & Company's The Betrothed, by Sir Walter Scott]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew Lang" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/now-that-reading-and-writing-are-universal-accomplishments-books-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/andrew-lang-15654_book_now-that-reading-and-writing-are-univers_2879049.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/andrew-lang-15654_book_now-that-reading-and-writing-are-univers_2879049.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/andrew-lang-15654_book_now-that-reading-and-writing-are-univers_2879049.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now that reading and writing are universal accomplishments, books are not bought so freely as they were…” — Andrew Lang", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In Britain, chinoiserie was eclipsed by the medievalism of Sir Walter Scott and the Gothic Revival, while in Europe japonisme would be chinoiserie's successor. Japonisme never compelled the general middle-class British taste as did the indigenous medieval style. Nonetheless, through extensive importations to Britain of Japanese art and artifacts, notably by the shop Liberty's of London, as well as through the artists James McNeill Whistler and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the architect E.W. Godwin, and the writer Oscar Wilde, the Japanese style of decoration was known in Britain well before 1894.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Linda Gertner Zatlin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-gertner-zatlin/in-britain-chinoiserie-was-eclipsed-by-the-medievalism-of-sir-walter/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/linda-gertner-zatlin-116800_japanese-art_in-britain-chinoiserie-was-eclipsed-by-t_2226361.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/linda-gertner-zatlin-116800_japanese-art_in-britain-chinoiserie-was-eclipsed-by-t_2226361.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/linda-gertner-zatlin-116800_japanese-art_in-britain-chinoiserie-was-eclipsed-by-t_2226361.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Britain, chinoiserie was eclipsed by the medievalism of Sir Walter Scott and the Gothic Revival, while in…” — Linda Gertner Zatlin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Eva knows I'm terra incognita and explores me unhurriedly, like you did. Because she's lean as a boy. Because her scent is almonds, meadow grass. Because if I smile at her ambition to be an Egyptologist, she kicks my shin under the table. Because she makes me think about something other than myself. Because even when serious she shines. Because she prefers travelogues to Sir Walter Scott, prefers Billy Mayerl to Mozart, and couldn't tell a C major from a sergeant major. Because I, only I, see her smile a fraction before it reaches her face. Because Emperor Robert is not a good man - his best part is commandeered by his unperformed music - but she gives me that rarest smile, anyway. Because we listened to nightjars. Because her laughter spurts through a blowhole in the top of her head and sprays all over the morning. 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Because she's lean as a boy…” — David Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I [...] suggest considering Byron as a Scottish poet – I say ’Scottish’, not ’Scots’, since he wrote in English. The one poet of his time with whom he could be considered to be in competition, a poet of whom he spoke invariably with the highest respect, was Sir Walter Scott. I have always seen, or imagined that I saw, in busts of the two poets, a certain resemblance in the shape of the head. The comparison does honour to Byron, and when you examine the two faces, there is no further resemblance. Were one a person who liked to have busts about, a bust of Scott would be something one could live with. There is an air of nobility about that head, an air of magnanimity, and of that inner and perhaps unconscious serenity that belongs to great writers who are also great men. But Byron – that pudgy face suggesting a tendency to corpulence, that weakly sensual mouth, that restless triviality of expression, and worst of all that blind look of the self-conscious beauty; the bust of Byron is that of a man who was every inch the touring tragedian. Yet it was by being so thoroughgoing an actor that Byron arrived at a kind of knowledge: of the world outside, which he had to learn something about in order to play his role in it, and of that part of himself which was his role. Superficial knowledge, of course: but accurate so far as it went. Of a Scottish quality in Byron’s poetry, I shall speak when I come to Don Juan . But there is a very important part of the Byronic make-up which may appropriately be mentioned before considering his poetry, for which I think his Scottish antecedence provided the material. That is his peculiar diabolism, his delight in posing as a damned creature – and in providing evidence for his damnation in a rather horrifying way. Now, the diabolism of Byron is very different from anything that the Romantic Agony (as Mr Praz calls it) produced in Catholic countries. And I do not think it is easily derived from the comfortable compromise between Christianity and paganism arrived at in England and characteristically English. It could come only from the religious background of a people steeped in Calvinistic theology.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "T.S. Eliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot-2/i-suggest-considering-byron-as-a-scottish-poet-i-say-scottish-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/t-s-eliot-2-1761_byron_i-suggest-considering-byron-as-a-scottis_1943548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/t-s-eliot-2-1761_byron_i-suggest-considering-byron-as-a-scottis_1943548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/t-s-eliot-2-1761_byron_i-suggest-considering-byron-as-a-scottis_1943548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I [...] suggest considering Byron as a Scottish poet – I say ’Scottish’, not ’Scots’, since he wrote in…” — T.S. Eliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sixsmith, Eva. Because her name is a synonym for temptation: what treads nearer to the core of man? Because her soul swims in her eyes. Because I dream of creeping through the velvet folds to her room, where I let myself in, hum her a tune so-so-so softly, she stands with her naked feet on mine, her ear to my heart, and we waltz like string puppets. After that kiss, she says, “Vous embrassez comme un poisson rouge!” and in moonlight mirrors we fall in love with our youth and beauty. Because all my life, sophisticated, idiotic women have taken it upon themselves to understand me, to cure me, but Eva knows I’m terra incognita and explores me unhurriedly, like you did. Because she’s lean as a boy. Because her scent is almonds, meadow grass. Because if I smile at her ambition to be an Egyptologist, she kicks my shin under the table. Because she makes me think about something other than myself. Because even when serious she shines. Because she prefers travelogues to Sir Walter Scott, prefers Billy Mayerl to Mozart, and couldn’t tell C major from a sergeant major. Because I, only I, see her smile a fraction before it reaches her face. Because Emperor Robert is not a good man—his best part is commandeered by his unperformed music—but she gives me that rarest smile, anyway. Because we listened to nightjars. Because her laughter spurts through a blowhole in the top of her head and sprays all over the morning. Because a man like me has no business with this substance “beauty,” yet here she is, in these soundproofed chambers of my heart. Sincerely, R.F.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/sixsmith-eva-because-her-name-is-a-synonym-for-temptation-what-treads/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/david-mitchell-264_fall-in-love_sixsmith-eva-because-her-name-is-a-synon_992430.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/david-mitchell-264_fall-in-love_sixsmith-eva-because-her-name-is-a-synon_992430.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/david-mitchell-264_fall-in-love_sixsmith-eva-because-her-name-is-a-synon_992430.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sixsmith, Eva. Because her name is a synonym for temptation: what treads nearer to the core of man? 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