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.
herbs
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon
success attitude important
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
southern fine-words fine
There is a southern proverb - fine words butter no parsnips.
eyelashes long important
What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.
haste leisure repent
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
soldier too-much sovereign
Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.
woe scene mortals
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
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.
honesty rags sterling
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
wrath heaven passing-away
That day of wrath, that dreadful day. When heaven and earth shall pass away.