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Walter Scott Quotes about War

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War is the only game in which both sides lose.

War is the only game in which both sides lose.

Walter Scott
War, Games, Sides

Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

Walter Scott
War, Triumph, Hail
"The Complete Poetry of Sir Walter Scott".

Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field, When shiver'd was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield!

Walter Scott
War, Son, Scotland
'Marmion' (1808) canto 6, st. 34

A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.

Walter Scott
War, Past, Legacy

In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.

Walter Scott
War, Flying, Dying
Sir Walter Scott (1866). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott”, p.81

O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?

Walter Scott
Dance, War, Dancing
'Marmion' (1808) canto 5, st. 12 ('Lochinvar' st. 3)

For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of Lochinvar.

Walter Scott
Love, War, Fairs
'Marmion' (1808) canto 5, st. 12 ('Lochinvar' st. 2)

So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like young Lochinvar.

Walter Scott
Love, Faith, War
'Marmion' (1808) canto 5, st. 12 ('Lochinvar' st. 1)