Memorable Quotes and quotations from Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)


Sir Walter Scott -
- Oh, what tangled webs we weave, When we first practice to deceive.

Sir Walter Scott - The Betrothed
- Too much rest is rust.

Sir Walter Scott -
- To all, to each, a fair good night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

Sir Walter Scott - Marmion (1808)
- And come he slow, or come he fast,
It is but death who comes at last.

Sir Walter Scott - Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17.
- Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

Sir Walter Scott -
- The will to do, the soul to dare.

Sir Walter Scott -
- He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.

Sir Walter Scott -
- To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed.

Sir Walter Scott - "Marmion"
- Oh, the tangled webs we weave When we practice to deceive.