Quote

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

Walter Scott

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
Baronet Scott
Biographer
Historian
Judge
Lawyer
Linguist
Literary Critic
Musicologist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Poet Lawyer
Translator
Edinburgh
Scotland
Walter Skott
Jedediah Cleishbotham
Laurence Templeton
Somnambulus
Malachi Malagrowther
Sir Walter Scott
Bart.
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
1st Baronet
Great Magician
The Great Unknown
Witness
Thus
Legacies
Full
Repaired
War
Lingering
Past
Ruin
May
Protected
Always
Legacy
Never
Ruins

More quotes by Walter Scott

Image
Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which are dashed against each other, and so perish.
Walter Scott
Image
In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed In war, he mounts the warrior's steed In halls, in gay attire is seen In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Walter Scott
Image
We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold.
Walter Scott
Image
All is possible for those who dare to die!
Walter Scott
Image
Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.
Walter Scott
Image
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
Walter Scott
Image
A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.
Walter Scott
Image
My dear, be a good man be virtuous be religious be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here. ...God bless you all.
Walter Scott
Image
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
Walter Scott
Image
A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
Walter Scott
Image
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
Walter Scott
Image
Hard toil can roughen form and face, And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Walter Scott
Image
Call it not vain: they do not err Who say that when the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies.
Walter Scott
Image
When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.
Walter Scott
Image
Heap on more wood! - the wind is chill But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
Walter Scott
Image
A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love make the flame blaze the brighter.
Walter Scott
Image
He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood.
Walter Scott
Image
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
Image
Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
Walter Scott
Image
Oh, Brignall banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer's queen.
Walter Scott