All Walter Scott Quotes
- The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue, Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees,… Blue
- Fair play is a jewel. Fair
- 'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd… Agree
- Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame! All
- When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone. Alone
- The will to do, the soul to dare. Dare
- A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do. Creature
- Good wine needs neither bush nor preface to make it welcome. And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd. Bush
- The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself. Deserving
- The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it. Bends
- Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Feel
- Dear to me is my bonnie white steed; Oft has he helped me at pinch of need. Bonnie
- Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and… Almighty
- As good play for nothing, you know, as work for nothing. Funny
- Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade. Dazzle
- O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When… Angel
- Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in… Fair
- My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor. Country
- Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand! Band
- A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show… Along