Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive. Auteur: Walter Scott Copy Quote More from Walter Scott “Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of …” “Each age has deemed the new-born yearThe fittest time for festal cheer.” “...she felt in her mind the consciousness that she was entitled to hold a highe…” “For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise n…”