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Walter Scott
1771 – 1832 • Scottish • Novelist
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Showing 8 quotesHow pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.— Walter Scott
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Parenting
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!— Walter Scott
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.— Walter Scott