Walter Scott Quotes
'Grey towers of Durham, yet well I loved thy mixed and massive piles'
'The most romantic, if not the most beautiful, place in Scotland'
'If thou woudst view fair Melrose aright, go visit it by the pale moonlight'
'All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.'
'Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.'
'For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.'
'If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors'
'Look back, and smile on perils past.'
'O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!'
'Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.'
'To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.'
'When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.'
Born in Edinburgh, Edinburgh and the Lothians
Died in Melrose, Borders
More about Walter Scott
Links:
internal link Abbotsford - Built by Scott and still lived in by his ancestors
http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/links/places.html#bowhill Walter Scott digital archive
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