Quote by: Walter Scott

Teach self denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime that ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer.


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Author Bio


  • NameWalter Scott
  • DescriptionScottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet
  • Aliases"Waverley," "Ivanhoe," &c., Author of,; Sir Walter Scott
  • BornAugust 15, 1771
  • DiedSeptember 21, 1832
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Playwright; Linguist; Judge; Translator; Novelist; Musicologist