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• Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!

  Walter Scott

  Country, Hands, Land

  'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' (1805) canto 6, st. 1

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• A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.

  Walter Scott

  War, Past, Legacy

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• Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade.

  Walter Scott

  Pain, Light, Dazzle

  Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott (1841). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart”, p.415

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• Alas!... what is it, valiant knight, save an offering of sacrifice to a demon of vain glory, and a passing through the fire of Moloch? What remains to you as a prize of all the blood you have spilled, of all the travail and pain you have endured, of all the tears which your deeds have caused, when death hath broken the strong man's spear, and overtaken the speed of his war-horse?

  Walter Scott

  Strong, Horse, Pain

  Walter Scott (2015). “Heroes of the Scottish Highlands: Ivanhoe, Waverley and Rob Roy (3 Unabridged Illustrated Classics): Historical Novels from the Author of The Pirate, The Heart of Midlothian, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Bride of Lammermoor and Anne of Geierstein”, p.261, e-artnow

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• Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.

  Walter Scott

  Soldier, Too Much, Sovereign

  Sir Walter Scott (1827). “The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French”, p.235

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• Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor; while the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

  Walter Scott

  Real, Greatness, Long

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• Each must drain
  His share of pleasure, share of pain.

  Walter Scott

  Pain, Pleasure, Share

  Sir Walter Scott (1873). “Poetical Works”, p.88

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• Never was flattery lost on a poet's ear; a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile.

  Walter Scott

  Simple, Race, Toil

  'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' (1805) canto 4, ad fin.

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• Art thou a friend to Roderick?

  Walter Scott

  Friendship, Art

  Sir Walter Scott (1850). “The Lady of the Lake and Vision of Don Roderick: Complete in One Volume”, p.414

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• In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster.

  Walter Scott

  Beautiful, Lying, Book

  Sir Walter Scott (1854). “The Waverley novels: in twelve volumes, printed from the latest English editions, embracing the author's last corrections, prefaces, and notes”, p.360

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• When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.

  Walter Scott

  Inspiration, Men, Reason

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• What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.

  Walter Scott

  Women, Diaries, Treasure

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• "Lambe them, lads! lambe them!" a cant phrase of the time derived from the fate of Dr. Lambe, an astrologer and quack, who was knocked on the head by the rabble in Charles the First's time.

  Walter Scott

  Time, Fate, Drs

  Walter Scott (2016). “Peveril of the Peak, Complete: Scott's Works Vol.26”, p.453, VM eBooks

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• He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, "Adieu for evermore, my love, And adieu for evermore."

  Walter Scott

  Love, Rivers, Said

  Walter Scott (1838). “The Lady of the Lake”, p.255

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• If a faultless poem could be produced, I am satisfied it would tire the critics themselves; and annoy the whole reading world with the spleen.

  Walter Scott

  Reading, World, Annoying

  Walter Scott (2015). “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”, p.771, e-artnow

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• For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of Lochinvar.

  Walter Scott

  Love, War, Fairs

  'Marmion' (1808) canto 5, st. 12 ('Lochinvar' st. 2)

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• So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like young Lochinvar.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Faith, War

  'Marmion' (1808) canto 5, st. 12 ('Lochinvar' st. 1)

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• Thus aged men, full loth and slow, The vanities of life forego, And count their youthful follies o'er, Till Memory lends her light no more.

  Walter Scott

  Life, Memories, Men

  Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott (1841). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart”, p.324

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• A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

  Walter Scott

  Law, History, Historical

  Guy Mannering ch. 37 (1815)

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• He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes.

  Walter Scott

  Vanity, Sorrow, Arguing

  Walter Scott (2015). “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…”, p.8097, e-artnow

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• It 's no fish ye 're buying, it 's men's lives.

  Walter Scott

  Life, Men, Buying

  'The Antiquary' (1816) ch. 11

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• The time which passes over our heads so imperceptibly makes the same gradual change in habits, manners and character, as in personal appearance. At the revolution of every five years we find ourselves another and yet the same;--there is a change of views, and no less of the light in which we regard them; a change of motives as well as of action.

  Walter Scott

  Time, Character, Light

  Sir Walter Scott (1856). “Waverley Novels”, p.272

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• O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

  Walter Scott

  Broken Heart, Archer, May

  'The Lord of the Isles' (1813) canto 5, st. 18

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• As hope and fear alternate chase
  Our course through life's uncertain race.

  Walter Scott

  Change, Race, Uncertain

  Sir Walter Scott (1838). “Poetical works”, p.310

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