“Look at a gown of gold, and you will at least get a sleeve of it.”
Source: Waverley Novels ...: Red-gauntlet
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Famous Walter Scott Quotes
Source: Sir Walter Scott: Collected Letters, Memoirs and Articles: Complete Autobiographical Writings, Journal & Notes, Accompanied with Extended Biographies and Reminiscences of the Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering
Source: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
“It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.”
Source: The Waverley Novels: In Twelve Volumes, Printed from the Latest English Editions, Embracing the Author's Last Corrections, Prefaces, and Notes
Source: Selected poems
“Look back, and smile on perils past.”
Source: Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott ...
“Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.”