Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSEwas a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 August 1771
country men tears
But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men.
long storm frost
Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference.
doubt born scorn
And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
dog men share
He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood.
men horns blast
Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.
heaven bullets knows
Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet
littles madness talent
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
dark men heaven
In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven.
soul age vehemence
On his bold visage middle age Had slightly press'd its signet sage, Yet had not quench'd the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth: Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.
first-love snow firsts
From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
party faults quarrels
In love quarrels the party that loves the most is always most willing to acknowledge the greater fault.
work eye grace
Hard toil can roughen form and face, And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
invention wells peacemaker
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers, As well as surest prompter of invention.
would-be answers moments
We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer.