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> [“Promise this — never to raise your hand against a living creature, either to strike, pluck, or eat, without first recollecting its mother, who suffered for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/promise-this-never-to-raise-your-hand-against-a-living-creature/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

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## More by David Lindsay

> [“It isn't a bad thing to hear voices... but you mustn't for a minute imagine that all is wise that comes to you out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/it-isn-t-a-bad-thing-to-hear-voices-but-you-mustn-t-for-a-minute/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“You may be sure that a question which requires music for an answer can't be put into words. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/you-may-be-sure-that-a-question-which-requires-music-for-an-answer/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“Attach yourself to truth, not to me. For I may die before you, but the truth will accompany you to your death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/attach-yourself-to-truth-not-to-me-for-i-may-die-before-you-but-the/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“Where do you come from?" "From the planet of a distant sun, called Earth." "What for?" "I was tired of vulgarity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/where-do-you-come-from-from-the-planet-of-a-distant-sun-called-earth/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/imagination-without-study-is-the-self-indulgence-of-the-intellect/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“Promise this — never to raise your hand against a living creature, either to strike, pluck, or eat, without first recollecting its mother, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/promise-this-never-to-raise-your-hand-against-a-living-creature/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“He who studies himself at all is ignoble. Only by despising soul as well as body can a man enter true life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/he-who-studies-himself-at-all-is-ignoble-only-by-despising-soul-as/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“Can the memory of love be worth more than its presence and reality?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/can-the-memory-of-love-be-worth-more-than-its-presence-and-reality/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“Who knows what any man can do?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/who-knows-what-any-man-can-do/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“I dream with open eyes,' he answered, looking around at the door, 'and others see my dreams. That is all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/i-dream-with-open-eyes-he-answered-looking-around-at-the-door-and/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“He who is always anxious to teach will learn nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/he-who-is-always-anxious-to-teach-will-learn-nothing/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“A natural man lives for himself; a lover lives for others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/a-natural-man-lives-for-himself-a-lover-lives-for-others/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“His forehead, however, was disfigured by what looked like a haphazard assortment of eyes, eight in number, of different sizes and shapes. They went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/his-forehead-however-was-disfigured-by-what-looked-like-a-haphazard/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“Leave the past alone, it cannot be reshaped. The future alone is ours. It starts fresh and clean from this very minute.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/leave-the-past-alone-it-cannot-be-reshaped-the-future-alone-is-ours/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

> [“He was travel stained, unkempt, and very tired, but his soul was at peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/he-was-travel-stained-unkempt-and-very-tired-but-his-soul-was-at-peace/)

[David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/)

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