Walter Scott Quotes

“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

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

― Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake

topic:hope

“Of all the train none escaped except Wamba, who showed upon the occasion much more courage than those who pretended to greater sense.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:courage

“It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it; but not upon such as thou.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:woman cruelty

“Scotland . . . is too cold, a country for locusts, and too poor a country for thieves.”

― Walter Scott, Quentin Durward

topic:poverty

“that seems as if a man could not see his own hand by means of the candle which he holds, and which shows him every other object in the apartment.”

― Walter Scott, Quentin Durward

topic:light

“I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth, but never in thy heart nor in thy practice.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:speech faith

“O, what a tangled web we weave,When first we practise to deceive!”

― Walter Scott, Marmion

topic:honesty

“There are some dangers which when they are braved, disappear, and which yet, when there is an obvious and apparent dread of them displayed, become certain and inevitable.”

― Walter Scott, Quentin Durward

topic:bravery danger

“Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.”

― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

topic:silence

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