“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
“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
“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 Image
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 Image
