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Rafael Sabatini quotes: There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: I am afraid, monsieur, you will have to kill me first, and I have a prejudice against being killed before nine o'clock.

I am afraid, monsieur, you will have to kill me first, and I have a prejudice against being killed before nine o'clock.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: We are all too prone to judge - upon insufficient knowledge.

We are all too prone to judge - upon insufficient knowledge.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith ...

Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith ...

Rafael Sabatini quotes: A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,' said he. 'Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,' said he. 'Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: The love that is never to be realized will often remain a man's guiding ideal.

The love that is never to be realized will often remain a man's guiding ideal.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: A scarlet flame suffused her face. 'You are very insolent,' she said, lamely. 'I've often been told so. But I don't believe it.

A scarlet flame suffused her face. 'You are very insolent,' she said, lamely. 'I've often been told so. But I don't believe it.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: SCARAMOUCHE Rafael

SCARAMOUCHE Rafael

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Take your time, now,' said Mr. Blood. 'I never knew speed made by overhaste.

Take your time, now,' said Mr. Blood. 'I never knew speed made by overhaste.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Id is fery boedigal!" he said, his blue eyes twinkling. "Cabdain Blood is fond of boedry - you remember de abble-blossoms. So? Ha, ha!

Id is fery boedigal!" he said, his blue eyes twinkling. "Cabdain Blood is fond of boedry - you remember de abble-blossoms. So? Ha, ha!

Rafael Sabatini quotes: When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself

Rafael Sabatini quotes: But they were fated to misunderstand each other.

But they were fated to misunderstand each other.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: I admit that it is audacious," said Scaramouche. "But at your time of life you should have learnt that in this world nothing succeeds like audacity.

I admit that it is audacious," said Scaramouche. "But at your time of life you should have learnt that in this world nothing succeeds like audacity.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: He saw light, dazzling, blinding, and it scared him.

He saw light, dazzling, blinding, and it scared him.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer.

Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: He was recovering his normal self amazingly under the inspiring stimulus of conflict.

He was recovering his normal self amazingly under the inspiring stimulus of conflict.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: If the windmill should prove too formidable," said he, from the threshold, "I may see what can be done with the wind.

If the windmill should prove too formidable," said he, from the threshold, "I may see what can be done with the wind.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: You behold him at the age of four-and-twenty stuffed with learning enough to produce an intellectual indigestion in an ordinary mind.

You behold him at the age of four-and-twenty stuffed with learning enough to produce an intellectual indigestion in an ordinary mind.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: With you it is always the law, never equity.

With you it is always the law, never equity.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: We are all, he says, the sport of destiny. Ah, but not quite. Destiny is an intelligent force, moving with purpose.

We are all, he says, the sport of destiny. Ah, but not quite. Destiny is an intelligent force, moving with purpose.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: They opposed brute force to reason and philosophy, and battalions of foreign mercenaries to ideas. As if ideas were to be impaled on bayonets!

They opposed brute force to reason and philosophy, and battalions of foreign mercenaries to ideas. As if ideas were to be impaled on bayonets!

Rafael Sabatini quotes: I hate possibilities - God of God! I have lived on possibilities, and infernally near starved on them.

I hate possibilities - God of God! I have lived on possibilities, and infernally near starved on them.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Do you wonder that they will

Do you wonder that they will

Rafael Sabatini quotes: He still had, you see, illusions about Christians.

He still had, you see, illusions about Christians.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." (the novel Scaramouche)

He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." (the novel Scaramouche)

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Oh, you are mad!" she exclaimed, quite out of patience."Possibly. But I like my madness.

Oh, you are mad!" she exclaimed, quite out of patience.
"Possibly. But I like my madness.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: I regret,' said he, 'that I have no cup; but, as you see, I can practise phlebotomy with a bottle.

I regret,' said he, 'that I have no cup; but, as you see, I can practise phlebotomy with a bottle.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: A man may not fear to die, and yet be appalled by the form in which death comes to him.

A man may not fear to die, and yet be appalled by the form in which death comes to him.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: It is not human to be wise,' said Blood. 'It is much more human to err, though perhaps exceptional to err on the side of mercy.

It is not human to be wise,' said Blood. 'It is much more human to err, though perhaps exceptional to err on the side of mercy.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: It is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

It is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: It does not make me ridiculous simply to be less foul than those about me.

It does not make me ridiculous simply to be less foul than those about me.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul caninhabit

Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul can
inhabit

Rafael Sabatini quotes: I recognize myself for part of this mad world, I suppose. You wouldn't have me take it seriously? I should lose my reason utterly if I did;

I recognize myself for part of this mad world, I suppose. You wouldn't have me take it seriously? I should lose my reason utterly if I did;

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Peter Blood judged her- as we are all prone to do- upon insufficient knowledge.

Peter Blood judged her- as we are all prone to do- upon insufficient knowledge.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: [Blood upon killing Levasseur] 'I think that cancels the articles between us,' he said.

[Blood upon killing Levasseur] 'I think that cancels the articles between us,' he said.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: He was suffering from the loss of an illusion.

He was suffering from the loss of an illusion.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Evidently not. They are just governing

Evidently not. They are just governing

Rafael Sabatini quotes: In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.

In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9,

But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9,

Rafael Sabatini quotes: There is no worse hell than that provided by the regrets for wasted opportunities.

There is no worse hell than that provided by the regrets for wasted opportunities.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: [W]e are all savages under the cloak that civilization fashions for us.

[W]e are all savages under the cloak that civilization fashions for us.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: From somewhere in the blue vault of heaven overhead came the joyous trilling of a lark, from below the silken rustling of the tideless sea.

From somewhere in the blue vault of heaven overhead came the joyous trilling of a lark, from below the silken rustling of the tideless sea.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: I hope no man will call me timorous; and yet I'ld as soon be called that as rash.

I hope no man will call me timorous; and yet I'ld as soon be called that as rash.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Life can be infernally complex,' he said.

Life can be infernally complex,' he said.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Truth is so often disconcerting.

Truth is so often disconcerting.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: You often show yourself without any faculty of deductive reasoning.

You often show yourself without any faculty of deductive reasoning.

Rafael Sabatini quotes: Robbery is a serious, shameful matter, Captain Blood." "I know it is. I've practised a good deal of it myself.

Robbery is a serious, shameful matter, Captain Blood." "I know it is. I've practised a good deal of it myself.