Walter Scott Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

  Walter Scott

  Doubt, Born, Scorn

  Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott (1841). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart”, p.680

• The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way; But better had they ne'er been born That read to doubt or read to scorn.

  Walter Scott

  Fear, Lying, Book

• There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.

  Walter Scott

  Historical, Doubt, Religion

  Walter Scott (2016). “The Fair Mad of Perth”, p.11, Walter Scott

• The lover's pleasure, like that of the hunter, is in the chase, and the brightest beauty loses half its merit, as the flower its perfume, when the willing hand can reach it too easily. There must be doubt; there must be difficulty and danger.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Flower, Hands

  Sir Walter Scott (1871). “Waverley Novels”, p.352

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