Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 15. August 1771 |
Geburtsort | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Todesort | Roxburghshire |
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Beschreibung | Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, Old Mortality, The Heart of Mid-Lothian and The Bride of Lammermoor, and the narrative poems The Lady of the Lake and Marmion. He had a major impact on European and American literature. |
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
