“There are few men who do not look back in secret to some period of their youth, at which a sincere and… — Sir Walter Scott History Copy Share Image
“Lucy Ashton, in short, was involved in those mazes of the imagination which are most dangerous to the young and the sensitive.… — Sir Walter Scott Change Copy Share Image
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude more than by mental capacities. — Sir Walter Scott Business Copy Share Image
“He that is without name,without friend,without coin,without country,is still at least a man;and he that has all these is no more” — Sir Walter Scott Friendship Copy Share Image
“Those who remarked in the countenance of this young hero a dissolute audacity mingled with extreme haughtiness ... could not yet deny… — Sir Walter Scott Art Copy Share Image
Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear… — Sir Walter Scott Vengeance Copy Share Image
“The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot… — Sir Walter Scott Autumn Copy Share Image
“There is more sense in your language, Bucklaw," replied the Master, "than might have been expected from your conduct - it is… — Sir Walter Scott Human race Copy Share Image
“It is from the well of St. Dunstan' said he, 'In which betwixt sun and sun, he baptised five hundred heathen Danes… — Sir Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Sir Richard Glendale lifted the fatal paper, read it, and saying, 'Now all is indeed over,' handed it to Maxwell, who said… — Sir Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“...[E]xcept the flying fish, there was no race existing on the earth, in the air, or the waters, who were the object… — Sir Walter Scott Anti semitism Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time there lived an old woman, called Janet Gellatley, who was suspected to be a witch, on the infallible… — Sir Walter Scott Time Copy Share Image
“Craigengelt, you are either an honest fellow in right good earnest, and I scarce know how to believe that; or you are… — Sir Walter Scott Honesty Copy Share Image
Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last. — Sir Walter Scott Death Copy Share Image
“Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like ships driving before the storm,… — Sir Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“I forgive you, Sir Knight," said Rowena, "as a Christian." "That means," said Wamba, "that she does not forgive him at all.” — Sir Walter Scott Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Thou are boot for many a bruise, And healest many a wound; In our Lady's blessed name, I take thee from the… — Sir Walter Scott Waverley Copy Share Image
“And please return it. You may think this a strange request, but I find that although my friends are poor arithmeticians, they… — Sir Walter Scott Books Copy Share Image
“To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life, Is worth an age without a name.” — Sir Walter Scott Life Copy Share Image
