Quotes by Scott, Sir Walter

Look back, and smile at perils past. >>

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that >>

Is death the last step? No, it is the final awakening. >>

Quotations about Aid and Assistance

For the cause that lacks assistance, The wrong that needs resistance, >>

We all need each other. >>

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. >>

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

Scott, Sir Walter