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Walter Scott Quotes

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Scottish Novelist, Writer, Poet August 14, 1771 – September 21, 1832

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PatriotismBreathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own, my native land!' Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd As home his footsteps he hath turn'dFrom wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair... Walter Scott
Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your deeds! Walter Scott
Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or of good morals, than appear ignorant of the most minute point of fashionable etiquette. Walter Scott
I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it. Walter Scott
Walter Scott quote: "A Christmas gambol oft could cheer. The poor man's heart..."
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer. The poor man's heart through half the year. Walter Scott
Walter Scott quote: "Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself..."
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land. Walter Scott
Honour is a homicide and a bloodspiller, that gangs about making frays in the street; but Credit is a decent honest man, that sits at hame and makes the pat play. Walter Scott

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