Tag: Quote of the Day

A mother’s pride, a father’s joy.

Sir Walter Scott

And better had they ne’er been born,

Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

Sir Walter Scott

The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving, and correcting the information you possess, by the authority of others.

Sir Walter Scott

As old as the hills.

Sir Walter Scott

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

Sir Walter Scott

O! many a shaft at random sent

Finds mark the archer little meant!

And many a word, at random spoken,

May soothe or wound a heart that’s broken!

Sir Walter Scott

Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion.

Sir Walter Scott

Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

Sir Walter Scott

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Sir Walter Scott

I cannot tell how the truth may be;

I say the tale as ’twas said to me.

Sir Walter Scott