--- title: "3 Arthur Quotes By T.H. White" description: "3 Arthur quotes by T.H. White. Plus more from T.H. White and more Arthur sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/t-h-white-4461_arthur_and-do-you-know-another-thing-arthur-lif_772228.png" --- > [“And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/and-do-you-know-another-thing-arthur-life-is-too-bitter-already/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/t-h-white-4461_arthur_and-do-you-know-another-thing-arthur-lif_772228.png) > [“For I am inclined to believe that my beloved Arthur of the future is sitting at this very moment among his learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/for-i-am-inclined-to-believe-that-my-beloved-arthur-of-the-future-is/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/t-h-white-4461_arthur_for-i-am-inclined-to-believe-that-my-bel_2145955.jpg) > [“I can see that you spoke in ignorance, and I bitterly regret that I should have been so petty as to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/i-can-see-that-you-spoke-in-ignorance-and-i-bitterly-regret-that-i/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/t-h-white-4461_apologies_i-can-see-that-you-spoke-in-ignorance-an_2468260.png) ## Other authors on Arthur ## More by T.H. White > [“Guenever began to breathe through her nose. She was feeling as if there were two red thumbs behind her eyeballs, trying to push them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/guenever-began-to-breathe-through-her-nose-she-was-feeling-as-if/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“EXPLICIT LIBER REGIS QUONDAM REGIS FUTURI THE BEGINNING”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/explicit-liber-regis-quondam-regis-futuri-the-beginning/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“Gawaine and Gareth took turns with the fat ass, one of them whacking it while the other rode bareback.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/gawaine-and-gareth-took-turns-with-the-fat-ass-one-of-them-whacking/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“No. There is one fairly good reason for fighting--and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a wickedness, perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/no-there-is-one-fairly-good-reason-for-fighting-and-that-is-if-the/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“It is generally the trustful and optimistic people who can afford to retreat. The loveless and faithless ones are compelled by their pessimism to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/it-is-generally-the-trustful-and-optimistic-people-who-can-afford-to/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“The mustard—pot got up and walked over to his plate on thin silver legs that waddled like the owl’s. Then it uncurled its handles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/the-mustard-pot-got-up-and-walked-over-to-his-plate-on-thin-silver/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“It was Christmas night, the eve of the Boxing Day Meet. You must remember that this was in the old Merry England of Gramarye,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/it-was-christmas-night-the-eve-of-the-boxing-day-meet-you-must/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“I see what you think you mean," said the magician, "but you are wrong. There is no excuse for war, none whatever, and whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/i-see-what-you-think-you-mean-said-the-magician-but-you-are-wrong/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“I suppose the best way to tell the story is simply to narrate it, without an effort to carry belief. The thing did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/i-suppose-the-best-way-to-tell-the-story-is-simply-to-narrate-it/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“It is only the people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/it-is-only-the-people-who-are-lacking-or-bad-or-inferior-who-have-to/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“The fortress was entered by tunnels in the rock, and, over the entrance to each tunnel, there was a notice which said: EVERYTHING NOT…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/the-fortress-was-entered-by-tunnels-in-the-rock-and-over-the-entrance/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“I incline my agreement with Toirdealbhach,' said Gareth. 'After all, what is the good of killing poor kerns who do not know anything? It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/i-incline-my-agreement-with-toirdealbhach-said-gareth-after-all-what/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“I know hardly anything about Galahad except that everybody dislikes him." "Dislikes him?" "They complain about him being inhuman." Lancelot considered his cup. "He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/i-know-hardly-anything-about-galahad-except-that-everybody-dislikes/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“Their mother is Athene, the goddess of wisdom, and, although they are often ready to play the buffoon to amuse you, such conduct is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/their-mother-is-athene-the-goddess-of-wisdom-and-although-they-are/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“but it seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/but-it-seems-in-tragedy-that-innocence-is-not-enough/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arthur/t-h-white/#itemlist", "name": "3 Arthur Quotes By T.H. White", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And do you know another thing, Arthur? 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