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Quotes by Scottish authors

Scottish FlagWelcome to Scottish Quotes, the best source for all things Scottish! Below you will locate a broad option of renowned Scottish quotes, from the amusing to the inspiring. Whether you're searching for a little wit or a little bit of knowledge, you'll locate it right here. We've collected quotes from several of Scotland's a lot of precious figures, consisting of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and also Robert Louis Stevenson. So, take a look around and also find the perfect quote to show your family and friends.
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Small: The duty of helping ones self in the highest sense involves the helping of ones neighbors
Samuel Smiles
"The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of mirac
Samuel Smiles
"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason if he possesses some knowledge of t
"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us
"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us"
E. T. Bell, Mathematician
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Small: I slept and dreamt that life was beauty I woke and found that life was duty
"I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty"
George Byron, Poet
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Small: A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder
Thomas Carlyle
"A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us
Samuel Smiles
"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home
"Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home"
Henry Drummond, Writer
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Small: Mans unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with
Thomas Carlyle
"Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money
Adam Smith
"No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money"
Adam Smith, Economist
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Small: The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall
Thomas Carlyle
"The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience
Adam Smith
"Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience"
Adam Smith, Economist
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Small: Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable
"Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable"
Lord Robertson, Diplomat
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Small: No pressure, no diamonds
Thomas Carlyle
"No pressure, no diamonds"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Blessed is he who has found his work let him ask no other blessedness
Thomas Carlyle
"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: The true university of these days is a collection of books
Thomas Carlyle
"The true university of these days is a collection of books"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action
Samuel Smiles
"Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own
Samuel Smiles
"Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity
Adam Smith
"On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity"
Adam Smith, Economist
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Small: There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upo
Robert Louis Stevenson
"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
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Small: The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny
David Hume
"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Custom is the great guide to human life
David Hume
"Custom is the great guide to human life"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: The sea complains upon a thousand shores
"The sea complains upon a thousand shores"
Alexander Smith, Poet
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Small: How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tr
"How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy"
Paul Sweeney, Politician
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Small: I dont care whether a book is a first edition or not. Im not a bibliophile in that words natural sense
Norman MacCaig
"I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense"
Norman MacCaig, Poet
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Small: Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings
"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings"
Robert Burns, Poet
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Small: A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge
Thomas Carlyle
"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years
Thomas Carlyle
"He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid
Thomas Carlyle
"Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May but at length the season o
Thomas Carlyle
"Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Defense is superior to opulence
Adam Smith
"Defense is superior to opulence"
Adam Smith, Economist
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Small: All money is a matter of belief
Adam Smith
"All money is a matter of belief"
Adam Smith, Economist
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Small: No man is useless while he has a friend
Robert Louis Stevenson
"No man is useless while he has a friend"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
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Small: Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare t
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
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Small: Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always
David Hume
"Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn
"Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different
David Byrne
"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another
David Byrne
"When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another"
David Byrne, Musician
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Small: In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma that is, the sacred lore of priests and peopl
"In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual"
William Robertson Smith, Scientist
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Small: But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanctio
"But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers"
William Robertson Smith, Scientist
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