Walter Scotts Quotes Which Are Better Known In Youth To Not To Regret In Old Age

1. " Hunger and fear are excellent causes. "

2. " Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. "

3. " War is the only game in which both side lose. "

4. " We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon. "

5. " Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell. "

6. " A sound head, an honest heart, and a humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity. "

7. "Those who are not afraid of death are capable of anything. "

8. " It happens that a bad tree produces good fruit, and bad times give rise to more than just evil. "

9. " Moments of grave danger often coincide with moments of heartfelt frankness. "

10. " All men who have turned out worth anything have had the hand in their own education. "

11. " There is no antidote against entertaining too high an opinoion of others than having an excellent one of ourselves at the very same time. "

12. " A true knight is a lamb in the company of ladies and a lion during a fight. "

13. " He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round. "

14. " Gold killed more souls than iron killed bodies. "

15. " No word of commiseration can make a burden feel one feather's weight lighter to the slave who must carry it. "

16. " Judgment is always done very quickly if the judge decides beforehand. "

17. " The closer to the chruch, the farther from the lord god. "

18. " We sculpt our idols out of snow and cry when they melt. "

19. " Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility. "

20. " He is not fit to visit strang countries, who cannot rule his tongue before his own countrymen. "

21. " Don't be wasteful and you won't need much. "

22. " A fool's wild speech confounds the wise. "

23. " When we remember friends who care no longer alive, we feel doubly alone. "

24. " Simplicity may be improved, but pride and conceit never. "

25. " The spectacle of victory is even more terrible than the spectacle of battle. "

26. " Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue. "

27. " The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it. "

28. " Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. "

29. " Recollect that almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasure and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. "

30. " Need teaches everything. need is the mother of courage. "

31. " We shall never learn to feel and respect our realcalling and destiny, unless we hsve taught ourselves to consider everything as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart. "

32. " Subtle politics often puts on the guise of the greatest innocence, just as sometimes real courage is hidden under the most modest apperance. "

33. " Ignorance, ignorance and superstition are the only true misfortunes. "

34. " A rich man may have his quirks because he has the money to pay for them. "

35. " Of all the vices, drunknness is more incompatible with the greatness of the spirit than others. "

36. " Love will subsist on wonderfully little hope but not altogether without it. "

37. " Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. "

38. " The trouble with those who write quicklu is that they cannot write concisely. "

39. " Praise be to the lord god, who gave us the ability to laugh and make others laugh, and shame on a fool who despises the title of jester! " 

40. " Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart. " 

41. " If people do not learn to help each other, then the human race will disappear from the face of the earth. "

42. " 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. "

43. " Even a king all the splendor of his power and glory, if he is blinded by ignorance and superstition, is less free than a sage who is chained in heavy chains and thrown into prison. "

44. " Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last. "

45. " Authorirty comes from reason, not reason authority, any authority that is not recognized by reason is powerless. "

46. " One or two of these scundrel statesmen should be shot once a year, just to keep the others on their good behavior. "

47. " The solidarity of people is an indestructible fortress. "

48. " Look back, and smile at the perils of the past! "

49. " People often blame fate for what is a direct consequence of their own violent passions. "

50. " The lovers of the chase say that the hare feels more agony during the pursuit of the greyhounds, than when she is struggling in their fangs. "

51. " The longer a person is singke, the greater is his desire to remain single. "

52. " Whoever realizes his innocene, he reluctantly stoops to excuses. "

53. " Teach you children poetry, it opens the minds, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary. "

54. " Always keep quiet about your problems, otherwise you will lose all your friends. "

55. " Trrade has all the fascination of gambling without its moral guilt. "

56. " Your soul is like a neglected garden belonging to a negligent owner: weeds have grown in it and drowned out healty sprouts. "

57. " He that climbs the tall tree has won rught to the fruit, he that leaps the wide gulf should prevaul in his suit. "

58. " Love rules the court, the camp, and men below, and the saints above, for love is heaven, and heaven is love. "

59. " How early can what we most despise and hate, approach in an outward manner to that which we most venerate! "

60. " As long ambition and lust for power rule the hearts of some men, there will be no lasting peace on earth. war, unfortunately, is the human condition. "

61. " Emotional agitation makes us forget caution, and we discover such feelings that in a calmer time we would try to hide, if not able to completely suppress them. "

62. " Peace is an inestimable jewel, but it will be soon snatched from those who are not prepared with heart and hand to defend it. "

63. " Teach self denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime than ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer. "

64. " And that which is done of goodwill must be accepted favorably. "

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