“It was Pope Innocent III who placed in the hands of the church this terrible weapon of persecution, and who, by the awful severity of his own attitude towards liberty of conscience, of thought, and of expression, afforded to fanaticism… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“If Mr. Blood had condescended to debate the matter with these ladies, he might have urged that having had his fill of wandering and… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
The love that is never to be realized will often remain a mans guiding ideal. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith... — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
“Peter Blood judged her- as we are all prone to do- upon insufficient knowledge.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
“Mind being the seat of the soul, and literature being the expression of the mind, literature, it follows, is the soul of an age,… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
“Dragostea ce nu ajunge sa se materializeze niciodata ramane adesea idealul care-l ghideaza pe om.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9, — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
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… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
“Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
“Id is fery boedigal!" he said, his blue eyes twinkling. "Cabdain Blood is fond of boedry - you remember de abble-blossoms. So? Ha, ha!” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
They opposed brute force to reason and philosophy, and battalions of foreign mercenaries to ideas. As if ideas were to be impaled on bayonets! — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
