Quote by Anton Chekhov

“Who but a stupid barbarian could burn so much beauty in his stove and destroy that which he cannot make? Man is endowed with…

— Anton Chekhov

“How DARE you and the rest of your barbarians set fire to my library? Play conqueror all you want, Mighty Caesar ! Rape, murder,…

— sidney buchman

“Now, nothing annoys an angry savage or an uneducated person so much as the perfect coolness of a civilized and cultivated man when he…

— Grant Allen

“It’s not as easy as you’d think, burning a dead creature. Flesh and skin want to cook and crisp and char rather than ignite.”

— Christina Henry

“I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.”

— A.S. Byatt

“... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“we are burning like a chicken wing left on the grill of an outdoor barbecue we are unwanted and burning we are burning and…

— Charles Bukowski

“how a people who had raised such mighty works, could have allowed themselves to be conquered by illiterate barbarians.”

— Ross Laidlaw

“Everything burns if it is hot enough. The world is nothing but a crucible.”

— Andrew Davidson

“Most people...are nothing but glimmers in the great darkness of time. But you...are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night -…

— Sabaa Tahir

“Some are born brilliant, some have brilliance thrust upon them -- and others cower in the dark crying, "It burns! It burns!”

— K.A. Laity

“The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines irony and respect.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila