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> [They opposed brute force to reason and philosophy, and battalions of foreign mercenaries to ideas. As if ideas were to be impaled on bayonets!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/they-opposed-brute-force-to-reason-and-philosophy-and-battalions-of/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

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## More by Rafael Sabatini

> [“If Mr. Blood had condescended to debate the matter with these ladies, he might have urged that having had his fill of wandering and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/if-mr-blood-had-condescended-to-debate-the-matter-with-these-ladies/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [The love that is never to be realized will often remain a mans guiding ideal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/the-love-that-is-never-to-be-realized-will-often-remain-a-mans/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/gold-has-at-all-times-been-considered-the-best-of-testimonies-of-good/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [“Peter Blood judged her- as we are all prone to do- upon insufficient knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/peter-blood-judged-her-as-we-are-all-prone-to-do-upon-insufficient/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/mind-being-the-seat-of-the-soul-and-literature-being-the-expression/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [“Dragostea ce nu ajunge sa se materializeze niciodata ramane adesea idealul care-l ghideaza pe om.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/dragostea-ce-nu-ajunge-sa-se-materializeze-niciodata-ramane-adesea/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/only-those-become-weary-of-angling-who-bring-nothing-to-it-but-the/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/but-i-like-my-madness-there-is-a-thrill-in-it-unknown-to-such-sanity/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [“The inevitable, tragic corollary of civilization is populace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/the-inevitable-tragic-corollary-of-civilization-is-populace/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/the-idea-of-equality-is-a-by-product-of-the-sentiment-of-envy-since/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [“Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/laughter-broke-from-them-it-spread-into-a-roar-of-acclamation-for/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/when-all-is-said-a-man-s-final-judgment-of-his-fellows-must-be-based/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/id-is-fery-boedigal-he-said-his-blue-eyes-twinkling-cabdain-blood-is/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/they-opposed-brute-force-to-reason-and-philosophy-and-battalions-of/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

> [...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-sabatini/it-is-human-nature-i-suppose-to-be-futile-and-ridiculous/)

[Rafael Sabatini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-sabatini/)

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