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Walter Scott, born on August 15, 1771, and died on September 21, 1832, was a renowned British baronet. He is best known for his extensive literary works, particularly his historical novels and poetry.

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Famous Walter Scott Quotes

“Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole, Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids them fly, Thy arm directs those lightnings through the sky. Then let the good Thy mighty name revere, And hardened sinners Thy just vengeance fear.”

Names Voice Sky Arms Awful Loud Sinner Flash Lightning Vengeance Thunder Vivid Hardened

Book:The Complete Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate, The Keepsake Stories, The Highland Widow, The Tapestried Chamber, Halidon Hill, Auchindrane and many more: From the Great Scottish Writer, Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Anne of Geierstein, The Betrothed and The Talisman

Source: The Complete Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate, The Keepsake Stories, The Highland Widow, The Tapestried Chamber, Halidon Hill, Auchindrane and many more: From the Great Scottish Writer, Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Anne of Geierstein, The Betrothed and The Talisman

“Who, noteless as the race from which he sprung, Saved others' names, but left his own unsung.”

Names Left Race Saved Sprung

Book:The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart

Source: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart

“Love, to her ear, was but a name, Combin'd with vanity and shame; Her hopes, her fears, her joys, were all Bounded within the cloister wall.”

Joy Names Wall Ears Shame Vanity

Author:Walter Scott

“Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.”

Names Liberty Pure Empty Affection Protection Tyrants Nurse Oppressed Nobility Grievance Maidens Chivalry Curb

Book:Ivanhoe

Source: Ivanhoe

“One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name”

Age Life Is Names Hours Fame Dancing Reputation Sensual Glorious Birthday Crowded 30th Birthday Glorious Life

Book:Waverly Novels: The antiquary. The black dwarf. Old mortality

Source: Waverly Novels: The antiquary. The black dwarf. Old mortality

“Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.”

Spirit Night Names Sleep Quiet Blessed Busy Calm Limbs Busy Day

Book:The Novels, Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley

Source: The Novels, Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley

“In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said the Jester, "and Athelstane was not ready enough, and no other person was ready at all.”

Persons Said Enough Fighting Names Ready Masters Prisoner Not Ready Jester

Book:The Complete Novels of Sir Walter Scott: Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian and many more (Illustrated): The Betrothed, The Talisman, Black Dwarf, The Monastery, The Abbot, Kenilworth, Peveril of the Peak, A Legend of Montrose, The Fortunes of Nigel, Tales from Benedictine Sources…

Source: The Complete Novels of Sir Walter Scott: Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian and many more (Illustrated): The Betrothed, The Talisman, Black Dwarf, The Monastery, The Abbot, Kenilworth, Peveril of the Peak, A Legend of Montrose, The Fortunes of Nigel, Tales from Benedictine Sources…

“The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.”

Men Names He Man Manhood Deserving Exertion

Author:Walter Scott

“My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.”

Country Names Feet Native Country Love

Book:Rob Roy

Source: Rob Roy

“Breathes 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'd From 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 renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.”

Source: Poetical works