All Walter Scott Quotes
- November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear. Chill
- Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping. Growing
- Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference. Affection
- Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth. Age
- Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is… Absurd
- But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men. Awaits
- Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Blast
- Besides, Rose Bradwardine, beautiful and amiable as we have described her, had not precisely the sort of beauty or merit which captivates a romantic imagination… Affection
- Still are the thoughts to memory dear. Dear
- Welcome as the flowers in May. Flower
- And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Been
- Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it. Great
- In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven. Dark
- Woman's faith and woman's trust, Write the characters in dust. Character
- Call it not vain: they do not err Who say that when the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. Call
- The race of humankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. Aid
- There is a southern proverb - fine words butter no parsnips. Butter
- "Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on!" Were the last words of Marmion. Charge
- What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are. Eyelashes
- Adversity is like the period of the rain. . . cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season have their birth… Adversity