This quote is written / told by Walter Scott between August 14, 1771 and September 21, 1832. He/she was a famous Novelist from Scotland.
The author also have 31 other quotes.
"Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off"
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration"