Walter Scott Ivanhoe Quotes & Sayings

I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again. — Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott created rank & caste in the South and also reverence for and pride and pleasure in them. Life on the Mississippi
Don Quixote swept admiration for medieval chivalry-silliness out of existence. Ivanhoe restored it. Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi — Mark Twain

God will raise me up a champion."
~ Rebecca (Ivanhoe) — Walter Scott

Scott calls Bois-Guilbert "an unprincipled voluptuary," which is hard to improve on. — Richard Armour