--- title: "4 Eric Rucker Eddison Quotes" description: "Eric Rücker Eddison, CB, CMG was an English civil servant and author, writing epic fantasy novels under the name E. R. Eddison. His best-known works inc..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-eric-rucker-eddison-68216.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Eric Rucker Eddison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-eric-rucker-eddison-68216.jpg) # Eric Rucker Eddison **4** quotes in **44** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Eric Rücker Eddison, CB, CMG was an English civil servant and author, writing epic fantasy novels under the name E. R. Eddison. His best-known works include The Worm Ouroboros (1922) and the Zimiamvian Trilogy (1935–1958). ## Quotes by Eric Rucker Eddison > [He that feareth is a slave, were he never so rich, were he never so powerful. But he that is without fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rucker-eddison/he-that-feareth-is-a-slave-were-he-never-so-rich-were-he-never-so/) [Eric Rucker Eddison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rucker-eddison/) [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/eric-rucker-eddison-68216_fear_he-that-feareth-is-a-slave-were-he-never_127272.png) > [The black arrowed swoop of the moment swung high into the unceilinged future, ten, fifty, sixty years, may be: then, past seeing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rucker-eddison/the-black-arrowed-swoop-of-the-moment-swung-high-into-the-unceilinged/) [Eric Rucker Eddison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rucker-eddison/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/eric-rucker-eddison-68216_black_the-black-arrowed-swoop-of-the-moment-sw_182959.jpg) > [Can a woman not keep her lover without she study to always please him with pleasure? Pew! Then let her give up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rucker-eddison/can-a-woman-not-keep-her-lover-without-she-study-to-always-please-him/) [Eric Rucker Eddison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rucker-eddison/) [Games](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/games/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/eric-rucker-eddison-68216_games_can-a-woman-not-keep-her-lover-without-s_1157586.png) > [The great mountains of the world are a great remedy if men but did know it against our modern discontent and ambitions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-rucker-eddison/the-great-mountains-of-the-world-are-a-great-remedy-if-men-but-did/) [Eric Rucker Eddison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rucker-eddison/) [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/eric-rucker-eddison-68216_ambition_the-great-mountains-of-the-world-are-a-g_1748338.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-rucker-eddison/#itemlist", "name": "Eric Rucker Eddison Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He that feareth is a slave, were he never so rich, were he never so powerful. 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