--- title: "2 Devastated Quotes By T. H. White" description: "2 Devastated quotes by T. H. White. Plus more from T. H. White and more Devastated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/t-h-white-2-21390_devastated_learn-why-the-world-wags-and-what-wags-i_1374339.jpg" --- > [Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/learn-why-the-world-wags-and-what-wags-it-that-is-the-only-thing/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/t-h-white-2-21390_devastated_learn-why-the-world-wags-and-what-wags-i_1374339.jpg) > [The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/the-best-thing-for-being-sad-replied-merlin-beginning-to-puff-and/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/t-h-white-2-21390_being-sad_the-best-thing-for-being-sad-replied-mer_2468024.jpg) ## Other authors on Devastated ## More by T. H. White > [Aviators live by hours, not by days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/aviators-live-by-hours-not-by-days/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/the-destiny-of-man-is-to-unite-not-to-divide/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [The word "feral" has a kind of magic potency which allied itself to two other words, "ferocious" and "free." To revert to a feral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/the-word-feral-has-a-kind-of-magic-potency-which-allied-itself-to-two/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [Dogs, like very small children, are quite mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/dogs-like-very-small-children-are-quite-mad/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/the-fisherman-fishes-as-the-urchin-eats-cream-buns-from-lust/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/the-unicorn-was-white-with-hoofs-of-silver-and-graceful-horn-of-pearl/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/i-would-recommend-a-solo-flight-to-all-prospective-suicides-it-tends/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [God is love, the parson whined. Yes, and is he also blind?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/god-is-love-the-parson-whined-yes-and-is-he-also-blind/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [Unfortunately we have tried to establish Right by Might, and you can 't do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/unfortunately-we-have-tried-to-establish-right-by-might-and-you-can-t/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [The Victorians had not been anxious to go away for the weekend. The Edwardians, on the contrary, were nomadic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/the-victorians-had-not-been-anxious-to-go-away-for-the-weekend-the/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/learning-is-the-only-thing-for-you-look-what-a-lot-of-things-there/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [You think education is something to be done when all else fails?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/you-think-education-is-something-to-be-done-when-all-else-fails/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [Believe me, the so-called primitive races who worshipped animals as gods were not so daft as people choose to pretend. At least they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/believe-me-the-so-called-primitive-races-who-worshipped-animals-as/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [“Education is experience and experience is self-reliance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/education-is-experience-and-experience-is-self-reliance/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) > [Is there anything more terrible than perpetual motion, than doing and doing and doing, without a reason, without a consciousness, without a change, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white-2/is-there-anything-more-terrible-than-perpetual-motion-than-doing-and/) [T. H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devastated/t-h-white-2/#itemlist", "name": "2 Devastated Quotes By T. H. White", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Learn why the world wags and what wags it. 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