28 May: Quotes by Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist

Walter Scott was a Scottish poet, novelist, historian, and playwright who is considered one of the most important figures in the Romantic movement. He is best known for his historical novels, which are set in Scotland and often feature themes of romance, adventure, and chivalry.

Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 15, 1771. He was the ninth of 15 children born to Walter Scott, a lawyer, and Anne Rutherford Scott. Scott was a sickly child and was often confined to bed, where he developed a love of reading and storytelling.

In 1783, Scott began studying law at the University of Edinburgh. However, he soon abandoned his studies to pursue a career in writing. His first poem, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, was published in 1805 and was a critical and commercial success.

Scott went on to write many more poems and novels, including Waverley (1814), Ivanhoe (1819), and Rob Roy (1817). His novels were hugely popular and helped to popularize the historical novel genre.

Scott was also a successful playwright and wrote several historical dramas, including The Heart of Midlothian (1818) and Rob Roy (1819). He also edited several collections of Scottish ballads and wrote a number of historical works, including The History of Scotland (1829-1832).

Scott's work had a profound impact on the development of literature and culture. He is considered one of the most important figures in the Romantic movement and his work helped to popularize the historical novel genre. His novels are still read and enjoyed by people all over the world.

 

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Quotes by Walter Scott

• Look back, and smile on perils past.
• We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
• For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
• Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.
• Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.
• Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
• O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
• When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.
• What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.
• Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
• To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
• To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
• Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
• All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
• Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
• If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
• Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.
• A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
• Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
• If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

 

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