“We are all, he says, the sport of destiny. Ah, but not quite. Destiny is an intelligent force, moving with purpose.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
In endeavor itself there is a certain dynamic entertainment, affording an illusion of useful purpose. With achievement the illusion is dispelled. Man's greatest accomplishment is to produce change. The only good in life is study, because study is an endeavor… — 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 Image
The love that is never to be realized will often remain a mans guiding ideal. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith... — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“Peter Blood judged her- as we are all prone to do- upon insufficient knowledge.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Dragostea ce nu ajunge sa se materializeze niciodata ramane adesea idealul care-l ghideaza pe om.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
