Quotes by Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA Scot was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature.

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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

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November's sky is chill and drear,
November's leaf is red and sear.

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What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

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O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

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Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

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