--- title: "11 Walter Scott Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Walter Scott quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Walter Scott sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/george-bernard-shaw-68_despise_with-the-single-exception-of-homer-there_56597.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) > [“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) > [Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/walter-scott-has-no-business-to-write-novels-especially-good-ones-he/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/jane-austen-39_books_walter-scott-has-no-business-to-write-no_2861410.jpg) > [Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/walter-scott-has-no-business-to-write-novels-especially-good-ones-it/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/jane-austen-39_books_walter-scott-has-no-business-to-write-no_731812.jpg) > [“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) > [“Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. — It is not fair. — He has fame and profit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/walter-scott-has-no-business-to-write-novels-especially-good-ones-it-2/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/jane-austen-39_books_walter-scott-has-no-business-to-write-no_1038086.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) > [Send me no more reviews of any kind. I will read no more of evil or good in that line. Walter Scott…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/send-me-no-more-reviews-of-any-kind-i-will-read-no-more-of-evil-or/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/lord-byron-356_evil_send-me-no-more-reviews-of-any-kind-i-wi_1485973.jpg) > [“No thing worth while is obtained in this life without sacrificing, without putting forth effort. The evil one thrusts things upon us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-o-mckay/no-thing-worth-while-is-obtained-in-this-life-without-sacrificing/) [David O. McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-o-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/david-o-mckay-2062_life_no-thing-worth-while-is-obtained-in-this_82256.jpg) > [“And Miriam also refused to be approached. She was afraid of being set at nought, as by her own brothers. The girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/and-miriam-also-refused-to-be-approached-she-was-afraid-of-being-set/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/d-h-lawrence-2-1397_every-day_and-miriam-also-refused-to-be-approached_656691.jpg) > [“You, who taught us to love our Walter Scott next to our “Christian Year,” and who gave us half-crowns for rehearsing him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-mary-yonge/you-who-taught-us-to-love-our-walter-scott-next-to-our-christian-year/) [Charlotte Mary Yonge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-mary-yonge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/charlotte-mary-yonge-15203_right-moment_you-who-taught-us-to-love-our-walter-sco_2547807.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/walter-scott/#itemlist", "name": "Walter Scott Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "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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