From somewhere in the blue vault of heaven overhead came…

“If Mr. Blood had condescended to debate the matter with these ladies, he might have urged that having had his fill of wandering and…

— Rafael Sabatini

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

“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

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

— Rafael Sabatini

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

— Rafael Sabatini

The idea of equality is a by-product of the sentiment of envy. Since it must always prove beyond human ower to raise the inferior…

— Rafael Sabatini

“The inevitable, tragic corollary of civilization is populace.”

— Rafael Sabatini

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

— Rafael Sabatini

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

— Rafael Sabatini

“Dragostea ce nu ajunge sa se materializeze niciodata ramane adesea idealul care-l ghideaza pe om.”

— Rafael Sabatini

“Mind being the seat of the soul, and literature being the expression of the mind, literature, it follows, is the soul of an age,…

— Rafael Sabatini

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

— Rafael Sabatini

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

— Rafael Sabatini

The love that is never to be realized will often remain a mans guiding ideal.

— Rafael Sabatini

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

— Rafael Sabatini