Walter Scott Quotes about Greatness

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Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.

Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.

Walter Scott

Drinking, Greatness, Kind

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Walter Scott

Drinking, Greatness, Alcohol

Walter Scott (2015). “The Complete Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate, The Keepsake Stories, The Highland Widow, The Tapestried Chamber, Halidon Hill, Auchindrane and many more: From the Great Scottish Writer, Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Anne of Geierstein, The Betrothed and The Talisman”, p.663, e-artnow

The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

Walter Scott

Greatness, Path, Virtue

Walter Scott (1875). “Waverley Novels: The heart of Mid-Lothian”, p.420

Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness; the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor; while the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

Walter Scott

Real, Greatness, Long