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"Rob Roy" Quotes
A thrilling historical novel set in Scotland, following the adventures of the daring outlaw Rob Roy.
biographical fiction | 404 pages | Published in 1995
Quotes
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
A man's word and a woman's glance are the same in every language.
Man is but dust, and Time is the air-brush.
It's no wanting of natural feeling that makes me staunch on money matters.
The greatest of our woe is that, like the poor cat, we conceive of ourselves capable of containing much more happiness than falls to our lot.
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked, no matter how skillfully the fracture may be repaired, in the owner's eye the glass is no longer worth a cherry-stone.
There is a touch of freedom even in the feeling that the ties of natural affection may be snapt asunder without offence to Heaven or earth.
The valiant aspiring hope, the dalliance with danger, the anxiety during the conflict, the shock in the moment of defeat. Where are they when fate has rendered the course of the combat signal?
Necessity is the wail in the song even of the all-triumphant conqueror.
