Do you expect sincerity in man when hypocrisy is the very keynote of human nature? We are nurtured on it; we are schooled in it, we live by it; and we rarely realize it.’ – Book 3, Chapter 16 — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world. — 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
