Walter Scott Quotes

“Man dies, but glory lives!”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:death

“For I can suffer, and be still;And come he slow, or come he fast,It is but Death who comes at last.”

― Walter Scott, Marmion

topic:death suffering

“Rebecca! she who could prefer death to dishonour, must have a proud and a powerful soul.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:death pride

“For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:power good evil

“I have heard men talk of the blessings of freedom . . . but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:freedom wisdom

“But I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:heart

“Alas! . . . that so dull a spirit should be lodged in so goodly a form! Alas! that such an enterprise as the regeneration of England should turn on a hinge so imperfect!”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:beauty

“Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:stupidity belief

“And my father! —oh, my father! evil is it with his daughter, when his grey hairs are not remembered because of the golden locks of youth!”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:evil youth

“Such a visage, joined to the brawny form of the holy man, spoke rather of sirloins and haunches, than of pease and pulse.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:man

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