Francis Marion Crawford

“I have seen an evil thing this night,' he said; 'I have seen how the dead drink the blood of the living.…

— Francis Marion Crawford

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

— Francis Marion Crawford

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

— Francis Marion Crawford

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

— Francis Marion Crawford

“Death is only a translation of life into another language.”

— Francis Marion Crawford

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. [It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then…

— Francis Marion Crawford

“I will come,' the priest answered, 'for I have read in old books of these strange beings which are neither quick nor…

— Francis Marion Crawford

Every man carries with him the world in which he must live.

— Francis Marion Crawford

In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere born free, any more than they are everywhere in chains, unless…

— Francis Marion Crawford

Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and often its awakener.

— Francis Marion Crawford