"The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's……" — Arthur Koestler

"The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums"

— Arthur Koestler

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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler has 110 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…

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More Beating Quotes

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I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough. — David Bailey
I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack. — Antonio Banderas
To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches. — Charles Baudelaire
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart. — Henry Ward Beecher
Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that… — Ambrose Bierce
Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating… — Mary J. Blige
Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the… — Phillips Brooks
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. — Samuel Butler
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. — Muhammad Ali
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. — Coco Chanel
I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse. — Woody Allen
I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. You heart is beating outside your… — Kate Beckinsale

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