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> [“Much to be preferred to boxing are fencing and revolver-practice, judo and study of poisons.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/much-to-be-preferred-to-boxing-are-fencing-and-revolver-practice-judo/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

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## More by Robert Aickman

> [“It is almost as if the nearer one approaches to a thing, the less it proves to be there, to exist at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/it-is-almost-as-if-the-nearer-one-approaches-to-a-thing-the-less-it/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [In the end I came to see that the true prophet of the modern world was Samuel Butler: when he suggested that the machine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/in-the-end-i-came-to-see-that-the-true-prophet-of-the-modern-world/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [When you live entirely among madmen, it is difficult to know how sane you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/when-you-live-entirely-among-madmen-it-is-difficult-to-know-how-sane/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [After all, that was a main purpose of science: to make things of all kinds happen sooner than they otherwise would.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/after-all-that-was-a-main-purpose-of-science-to-make-things-of-all/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“...human beings are compelled to massacre animals unceasingly, because human beings are simply unable to survive, for the most part, on apples and nuts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/human-beings-are-compelled-to-massacre-animals-unceasingly-because/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“The great prophetic work of the modern world is Goethe’s Faust , so little appreciated among the Anglo-Saxons. Mephistopheles offers Faust unlimited knowledge and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/the-great-prophetic-work-of-the-modern-world-is-goethe-s-faust-so/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“Enchanted islands are hard to understand,' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/enchanted-islands-are-hard-to-understand-he-said-i-ve-always-thought/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [Everything to do with time is hideous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/everything-to-do-with-time-is-hideous/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“...Though it may not be a suitable comment for even this confidential record, I thought, by no means for the first time in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/though-it-may-not-be-a-suitable-comment-for-even-this-confidential/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“No milk. It is black coffee, pure but strong, that fortifies against the powers of darkness with which the world is filled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/no-milk-it-is-black-coffee-pure-but-strong-that-fortifies-against-the/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [ “Give up all the wild ideas that buzz round you like wasps. Or like bluebottles. \[…\] Find a nice, ordinary girl, not too attractive… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/give-up-all-the-wild-ideas-that-buzz-round-you-like-wasps-or-like/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“There are no beautiful houses in England now. Only ruins, mental homes, and Government offices.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/there-are-no-beautiful-houses-in-england-now-only-ruins-mental-homes/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“And as their love had begun a little before a quotation, so it ended a little after one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/and-as-their-love-had-begun-a-little-before-a-quotation-so-it-ended-a/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [ “Dreams, \[...\], are misleading, because they make life seem real. When it loses the support of dreams, life dissolves.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/dreams-are-misleading-because-they-make-life-seem-real-when-it-loses/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

> [“Much to be preferred to boxing are fencing and revolver-practice, judo and study of poisons.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/much-to-be-preferred-to-boxing-are-fencing-and-revolver-practice-judo/)

[Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/)

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