Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSEwas a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 August 1771
cat mind mysterious
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
birthday names glorious-life
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name
exact left music speaks whispers
We're going to come back the exact same way we left off -- as The Whispers. We do R&B music -- lyric-conscious music that speaks to the adults. That's what The Whispers are all about.
success attitude important
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
eyelashes long important
What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.
drinking greatness kind
Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.
horse white needs
Dear to me is my bonnie white steed; Oft has he helped me at pinch of need.
hope
The sickening pang of hope deferr'd.
fighting names enough
In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said the Jester, "and Athelstane was not ready enough, and no other person was ready at all.
royalty vain sigh
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
horse land spurs
Spur not an unbroken horse; put not your plowshare too deep into new land.