Sir Walter Scott

Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.

Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

Forward and frolic glee was there,
The will to do, the soul to dare.

Forward and frolic glee was there,
The will to do, the soul to dare.

It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.

It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.