Quotes by scottish authors

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once. Walter Scott
You Side Ought Once Rise Over Hour Up After Which Turn Turn-On Your Bolt
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
Religion Matters Doubt Those Easier Finds Examine Well Vulgar Historical Than Which
From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny. Walter Smith
Work Hope People Own Everybody Would My Own Point Point Of View Football Terrific Always Scottish Realise Scrutiny View Who Included
There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life. Walter Smith
Life People Club Way Rangers Entire Football Whom
The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving. Walter Smith
You Happy Frustration Sometimes Old Think Easy Firm Make Leaving End Manage In The End Clubs
Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter. William Allan
Learning Money Father Will Spending Latin Spite Painter
If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach. William Barclay
Man Christ Conviction Way Through Attained Never He Reach Unthinkingly Accepts Lord His His Way Doubts Fights Certainty Who Things Jesus Jesus Christ
I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic. William Drummond
Myself Other More Study Subject Than Any
There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do. William Drummond
Love Silence Everything Able More Loudly Than Child Which Expresses Tongue
As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills. William Drummond
Life Will Our Presume Wills Entrance Had He Part Learn Leaving Any Which Should
A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. William Dunbar
Legal Men Lawyer Know Does Handicapped Who
London, thou art the flower of cities all! William Dunbar
Art Flower Thou Thou Art Cities London
Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair. William Dunbar
Despair Mirth Sceptical Tender Mystical Emotional Cruel Ironic Romantic Full
The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject. William Falconer
Hope Nature Fear Simplicity Practice Rural More Casual Occupations Subject Precarious Anxieties Any Which Uniformity Incessant
Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society. William Falconer
Life Health Live Society Way Those Follow Temptations Crowded Advantage Least Nor Than Fewer Vice Persons Such A Way Who Expose
The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired. William Falconer
Great Will Degree Own Indeed Intrinsic Prevent Attained Weight Advance Velocity New She Without Greatest Motion Ship Any May Gaining Acquired Acquiring Her
Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges. William Falconer
Setting Direction Head Course Said Opposed Ship Sea Hence Her
The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue. William Falconer
Three White Viz Red Majesty His Blue Fleet
In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy. William Falconer
Time Together Battle Enemy Too Much Men Fire Too Firmly Bedding Fixed Much View Exposed
If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again. William Kidd
You Will Shall Take Never Come Go May Again Her
I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night. William Kidd
Money Trial Had Till Nor Friends Prepare Last Night Last Night
I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready. William Kidd
Long Trial Evidence Put Ready Till Off Get Desire
I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that. William Kidd
Death Good Me Care Will Good Friends Other Voyage Passages Off Friends Much England Bring
My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my men were making a mutiny about taking her, and my gunner told the people he could put the captain in a way to take the ship, and be safe. William Kidd
You People Will Men Way Tell Mutiny Some About Case Could Take He Put Taking League Safe Within Lord Making Coming Were Ship Up Captain Her
Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice. William McIlvanney
Justice Law Because Anything Who Thinks
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
Religion People Precepts Rules Religions Only Ritual Sacred Mythology Priests Takes Dogma Lore Antique Offered Afford Stories Place Explanation Prescribed
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