Walter Montagu Douglas Scott

Famous quotes containing the words walter, montagu, douglas and/or scott:

    “Just at the stroke when my veins start and spread,
    Set on my soul an everlasting head.
    Then am I ready, like a palmer fit,
    To tread those blest paths which before I writ.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    “Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others’ retiring.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

    “You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.”
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)

    “In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)