Quotes by scottish authors

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. Thomas Carlyle

Must Verify His Yes Expel Convert Them Doubts Certainty

Be not a slave of words. Thomas Carlyle

Communication Words Slave

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent. Thomas Carlyle

Life Behavior Individual New Cease Ceases Intelligent Turns Appear

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone. Thomas Carlyle

Alone Whatever Doubt Action Kind Ended

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. Thomas Carlyle

Life Everywhere True Question Gain

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself. Thomas Carlyle

Yourself Fear Unbelief Fearful

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. Thomas Carlyle

Eyes Weak Objects Glittering

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. Thomas Carlyle

Politics Hope Happy People Vain Make

History, a distillation of rumour. Thomas Carlyle

History Rumour

The true university of these days is a collection of books. Thomas Carlyle

Books Collection True Days University

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. Thomas Carlyle

Man Isolation Sum Sum Total Total

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. Walter Scott

Guilt Power Aid Other We Cannot Would Mutual No-One Perish Without Exist Cease Did Refuse Cannot Race Mankind Ask Help Who Therefore Each Right Need

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me. Walter Scott

To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow. William Dunbar

God Humble Be Kind Tomorrow Be Humble Neighbors Kind Borrow Gladly Thy His Friend Maybe Lend Thine Chance Tonight

Concrete is, essentially, the color of bad weather. William Hamilton

Weather Bad Color Bad Weather Concrete Essentially

This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board? William Kidd

O! Desolated Scotland, too credulous of fair speeches, and not aware of the calamities which are coming upon you! If you were to judge as I do, you would not easily put your neck under a foreign yoke. William Wallace

You Judge Calamities Too Easily Would Put Fair Foreign Coming Were Scotland Yoke Which Your Aware Credulous Neck Speeches