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“I tell thee, proud Templar, that not in thy fiercest battles hast thou displayed more of thy vaunted courage than has been shown by woman when called upon to suffer by affection or duty.”

Courage Woman Womanly Courage

Book:Ivanhoe

Source: Ivanhoe

“Craigengelt, you are either an honest fellow in right good earnest, and I scarce know how to believe that; or you are cleverer than I took you for, and I scarce know how to believe that either.”

Book:the bride of Lammermoor

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“The wild unbounded hills we ranged, While oft our talk its topic changed, And, desultory as our way, Ranged, unconfined from grave to gay. Even when it flagg'd , as oft will chance, No effort made to break its trance, We could right pleasantly pursue Our thoughts in social silence too”

Silence Walking Outdoors

Author:Sir Walter Scott

“The daylight had dawned upon the glades of the oak forest. The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew.”

Beautiful Inspiring Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott

Book:Ivanhoe

Source: Ivanhoe

“A moment of peril is often also a moment of kindness and affection. We are thrown off our guard by the general agitation of our feelings, and betray the intensity of those, which at more tranquil periods, our prudence at least conceals, if it cannot altogether suppress them.”

Inspiring Interesting Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott

Author:Sir Walter Scott

“By my faith,' said Wamba, 'it would seem the Templars love the Jews' inheritance better than they do their company.”

Character Religion Politics Commentary

Book:Ivanhoe

Source: Ivanhoe

“Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, and men below, and the saints above, for love is heaven, and heaven is love.”

Author:Sir Walter Scott

“And please return it. You may think this a strange request, but I find that although my friends are poor arithmeticians, they are nearly all of them good bookkeepers.”

Author:Sir Walter Scott

“…having once seen him put forth his strength in battle, methinks I could know him again among a thousand warriors. He rushes into the fray as if he were summoned to a banquet. There is more than mere strength--there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies. God assoilzie him of the sin of bloodshed! It is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds.”

Spirit Passion Effort Courage Strength Battle Determination Warrior Triumph Champion Fierce Warfare

Book:Ivanhoe

Source: Ivanhoe

“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 honour or observation.”

Author:Sir Walter Scott

“Un processo è sempre breve quando un giudice ha già pronunziato in anticipo la sentenza”

Book:Ivanhoe

Source: Ivanhoe