Walter Scott Quotes

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"Alas! fair Rowena," returned De Bracy, "you are in presence of your captive, not your jailor; and it is from your fair eyes that De Bracy must receive that doom which you fondly expect from him."

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There is a southern proverb—fine words butter no parsnips.

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Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.

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God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being.

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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 themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.

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The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.

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And come he slow, or come he fast,
It is but Death who comes at last.

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In the lost battle,
Borne down by the flying,
Where mingles war's rattle
With groans of the dying.

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The valiant Knight of Triermain
Rung forth his challenge-blast again,
But answer came there none.

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Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

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Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!

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True love's the gift which God has given
To man alone beneath the heaven:
It is not fantasy's hot fire,
Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly;
It liveth not in fierce desire,
With dead desire it doth not die;
It is the secret sympathy,
The silver link, the silken tie,
Which heart to heart, and mind to mind
In body and in soul can bind.

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When Prussia hurried to the field,
And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.

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Oh, young Lochinvar is come out of the West,
Through all the wide Border his steed was the best.

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Her blue eyes sought the west afar,
For lovers love the western star.

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It is a strong castle, and strongly guarded; but there is no impossibility to brave men.

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His morning walk was beneath the elms in the churchyard; 'for death,' he said, 'had been his next-door neighbour for so many years, that he had no apology for dropping the acquaintance.'

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I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.

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Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last

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He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare yourself.

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When Israel, of the Lord belov'd,
Out of the land of bondage came,
Her fathers' God before her mov'd,
An awful guide in smoke and flame.

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Respect was mingled with surprise,
And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foeman worthy of their steel.

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I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.

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Tell that to the marines—the sailors won't believe it.

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One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.

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If you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life - if you cannot look back to those whom you owe gratitude, or forward to those to whom you ought to afford protection, still it is no less incumbent on you to move steadily in the path of duty; for your active excretions are due not only to society; but in humble gratitude to the Being who made you a member of it, with powers to save yourself and others.

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If you keep a thing seven years, you are sure to find a use for it.

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Civil war is a species of misery which introduces men to strange bedfellows.

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Revenge is the sweetest morsel to the mouth, that ever was cooked in hell.

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Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can,
Come saddle your horses, and call up your men;
Come open the West Port, and let me gang free,
And it's room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!

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