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Ivanhoe
Walter Scott
Top 10 Best Quotes
“For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.”
“We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon”
“I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.”
“I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!”
“In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said the Jester, "and Athelstane was not ready enough, and no other person was ready at all.”
“I have sought but a kindred spirit to share it, and I have found such in thee.”
“Certainly," quoth Athelstane, "women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.”
“The lovers of the chase say that the hare feels more agony during the pursuit of the greyhounds, than when she is struggling in their fangs.”
“And my father!-oh, my father! evil is it with his daughter, when his grey hairs are not remembered because of the golden locks of youth!”
“Thou hast had thty day, old dame, but thy sun has long been set. Thou art now the very emblem of an old warhorse turned out on the barren heath; thou hast had thy paces in thy time, but now a broken amble is the best of them.”
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