Quotes from Quentin Durward — Walter Scott
1771–1832 Scotland
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It is a strong castle, and strongly guarded; but there is no impossibility to brave men.
Quentin Durward (1823)
Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,
The sun has left the lea,
The orange flower perfumes the bower,
The breeze is on the sea.
Quentin Durward (1823)
Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which, from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.
Quentin Durward (1823)
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.
Quentin Durward (1823)