--- title: "1 Black death Quotes By T.H. White" description: "1 Black death quotes by T.H. White. Plus more from T.H. White and more Black death sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/t-h-white-4461_black-death_do-you-think-that-they-with-their-battle_913177.png" --- > [“Do you think that they, with their Battles, Famine, Black Death and Serfdom, were less enlightened than we are, with our Wars, Blockade, Influenza, and Conscription.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/do-you-think-that-they-with-their-battles-famine-black-death-and/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/t-h-white-4461_black-death_do-you-think-that-they-with-their-battle_913177.png) ## 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. 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