# Quote — Walter Scott, Guy Mannering

> Bluid is thicker than water.

- Author: [Walter Scott](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-scott.md)
- Book: [Guy Mannering](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-scott/guy-mannering.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-scott/guy-mannering/bluid-is-thicker

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> Wise men say that we resign to civil society our natural right of self-defence only on condition that the ordinances of law should protect us.

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> Hunger and fear are excellent casuists.

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> A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

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