--- title: "Best Patrick O'Brian Quotes" description: "Patrick O'Brian, born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator best known for his Aubrey–Maturin sea novel series." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b084/author-patrick-o-brian-2283.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b084/author-patrick-o-brian-2283.jpg) # Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000) Translator United Kingdom **167** quotes in **649** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Patrick O'Brian was a translator from the United Kingdom, best known for *Master and Commander*. ## Quick Facts About Patrick O'Brian Born December 12, 1914 Died January 2, 2000 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Translator Notable works Master and Commander Known for Aubrey-Maturin series Spouse Mary Wicksteed ## About Patrick O'Brian The series, set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, follows Captain Jack Aubrey and physician Stephen Maturin. It consists of 20 novels, beginning with Master and Commander, praised for detailed historical detail and authentic language. A partially finished 21st novel was published after his death with handwritten pages. ## Awards & Honors Commander of the Order of the British Empire ## Quotes by Patrick O'Brian · Page 2 > [“nunc et in hora mortis nostrae,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/nunc-et-in-hora-mortis-nostrae/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/patrick-o-brian-2283_amor_nunc-et-in-hora-mortis-nostrae-1505960_1505960.png) > [Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/never-mind-manoeuvres-always-go-at-them/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/patrick-o-brian-2283_mind_never-mind-manoeuvres-always-go-at-them_2779412.png) > [“it would be the Devil to pay and no pitch hot”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-would-be-the-devil-to-pay-and-no-pitch-hot/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/patrick-o-brian-2283_devil_it-would-be-the-devil-to-pay-and-no-pitc_241997.png) > [“Trollops are capital things in port, but will not do at sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/trollops-are-capital-things-in-port-but-will-not-do-at-sea/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Port](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/port/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/patrick-o-brian-2283_port_trollops-are-capital-things-in-port-but_1182667.png) > [“Wallis,' said Maturin, 'I am happy to see you. How is your penis?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/wallis-said-maturin-i-am-happy-to-see-you-how-is-your-penis/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Happy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/patrick-o-brian-2283_happy_wallis-said-maturin-i-am-happy-to-see-yo_457461.png) > [The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/the-navy-speaks-in-symbols-and-you-may-suit-what-meaning-you-choose/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/patrick-o-brian-2283_language_the-navy-speaks-in-symbols-and-you-may-s_2377982.png) > [We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/we-are-always-the-most-violent-against-those-whom-we-have-injured/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Injured](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/injured/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/patrick-o-brian-2283_injured_we-are-always-the-most-violent-against-t_266249.png) > [No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/no-man-born-of-woman-has-ever-understood-spoken-portuguese/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/patrick-o-brian-2283_born_no-man-born-of-woman-has-ever-understood_1579023.png) > [I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-ve-never-set-out-to-seduce-my-reader-i-don-t-see-him-at-all-clearly/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/patrick-o-brian-2283_books_i-ve-never-set-out-to-seduce-my-reader-i_3134161.png) > [“I have never yet known a man admit that he was either rich or asleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-have-never-yet-known-a-man-admit-that-he-was-either-rich-or-asleep/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/patrick-o-brian-2283_money_i-have-never-yet-known-a-man-admit-that_884583.png) > [“The author says that when an angry impulse is not immediately expressed, it turns to melancholy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/the-author-says-that-when-an-angry-impulse-is-not-immediately/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/patrick-o-brian-2283_anger_the-author-says-that-when-an-angry-impul_1625111.png) > [About my books, that's all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/about-my-books-that-s-all-that-i-think-the-public-has-in-its-normal/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/patrick-o-brian-2283_about_about-my-books-that-s-all-that-i-think-t_445193.png) > [“Do you not find it happens very often, that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/do-you-not-find-it-happens-very-often-that-you-are-as-gay-as-garrick/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Garrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/garrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/patrick-o-brian-2283_garrick_do-you-not-find-it-happens-very-often-th_1852051.png) > [I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-am-opposed-to-authority-that-egg-of-misery-and-oppression-i-am/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/patrick-o-brian-2283_authority_i-am-opposed-to-authority-that-egg-of-mi_869137.png) > [“The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/the-newly-minted-captain-admits-the-irony-between-the-gold-on-his/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/patrick-o-brian-2283_gold_the-newly-minted-captain-admits-the-iron_3098212.png) > [“Patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/patriotism-is-a-word-and-one-that-generally-comes-to-mean-either-my/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Patriotism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/patriotism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/patrick-o-brian-2283_patriotism_patriotism-is-a-word-and-one-that-genera_404177.png) > [Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/although-wealth-may-not-bring-happiness-the-immediate-prospect-of-it/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/patrick-o-brian-2283_happiness_although-wealth-may-not-bring-happiness_494221.png) > [You can't be happy if you're not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/you-can-t-be-happy-if-you-re-not-tolerably-happy-with-yourself-the/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Addition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/patrick-o-brian-2283_addition_you-can-t-be-happy-if-you-re-not-tolerab_1487133.png) > [When you're taking a fence on a horse, you don't think much; your body does all the thinking, and you're over or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/when-you-re-taking-a-fence-on-a-horse-you-don-t-think-much-your-body/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/patrick-o-brian-2283_body_when-you-re-taking-a-fence-on-a-horse-yo_1914733.png) > [“Since then he has said nothing and although from time to time I have thrown out what I hope were delicate hints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/since-then-he-has-said-nothing-and-although-from-time-to-time-i-have/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/patrick-o-brian-2283_books_since-then-he-has-said-nothing-and-altho_2818805.png) > [Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/why-sir-said-he-looking-about-him-what-splendour-i-see-gold-lace/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/patrick-o-brian-2283_action_why-sir-said-he-looking-about-him-what-s_889224.jpg) > [“Almost ready, sir,' said the sweating, harassed bosun. 'I'm working the cunt-splice myself.' 'Well,' said Jack, hurrying off to where the stern-chaser…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/almost-ready-sir-said-the-sweating-harassed-bosun-i-m-working-the/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Gaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/patrick-o-brian-2283_gaze_almost-ready-sir-said-the-sweating-haras_2105666.png) > [“Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/of-course-i-do-know-it-is-the-french-who-are-so-wicked-but-there-are/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Prayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/patrick-o-brian-2283_prayer_of-course-i-do-know-it-is-the-french-who_89675.png) > [I am in favour of leaving people alone, however imperfect their polity may seem. It appears to me that you must not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-am-in-favour-of-leaving-people-alone-however-imperfect-their-polity/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Favour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/favour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/patrick-o-brian-2283_favour_i-am-in-favour-of-leaving-people-alone-h_374313.png) > [Go and see whether the Doctor is about,’ said Jack, ‘and if he is, ask him to look in, when he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/go-and-see-whether-the-doctor-is-about-said-jack-and-if-he-is-ask-him/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Companion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/companion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/patrick-o-brian-2283_companion_go-and-see-whether-the-doctor-is-about-s_2985954.png) > [“He had known it often enough. A delightful child, even a delightful early adolescent, interested in everything, alive,affectionate, would turn into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/he-had-known-it-often-enough-a-delightful-child-even-a-delightful/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Adolescent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adolescent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/patrick-o-brian-2283_adolescent_he-had-known-it-often-enough-a-delightfu_511218.jpg) > [“A foolish German had said that man thought in words. It was totally false; a pernicious doctrine; the thoughts flashed into being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/a-foolish-german-had-said-that-man-thought-in-words-it-was-totally/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/patrick-o-brian-2283_language_a-foolish-german-had-said-that-man-thoug_1264628.jpg) > [For you must know, gentlemen, that when the mariner is dosed, he likes to know that he has been dosed: with fifteen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/for-you-must-know-gentlemen-that-when-the-mariner-is-dosed-he-likes/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/patrick-o-brian-2283_air_for-you-must-know-gentlemen-that-when-th_463343.png) > [“Were you ever in Elsinore, Mr Jagiello?’ asked Jack. Oh, many a time, sir,’ said Jagiello. ‘I know it well. I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/were-you-ever-in-elsinore-mr-jagiello-asked-jack-oh-many-a-time-sir/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/patrick-o-brian-2283_comedy_were-you-ever-in-elsinore-mr-jagiello-as_2924503.jpg) > [“Stephen's heart was big to bursting with the violence of his grief, yet even as he looked distractedly from side to side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/stephen-s-heart-was-big-to-bursting-with-the-violence-of-his-grief/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Endings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/endings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/patrick-o-brian-2283_endings_stephen-s-heart-was-big-to-bursting-with_1669955.png) > [“He had a Geronimo Amati at home, just as Aubrey had a treasured Guarnieri, but they travelled with rough old things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/he-had-a-geronimo-amati-at-home-just-as-aubrey-had-a-treasured/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Old things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-things/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/patrick-o-brian-2283_old-things_he-had-a-geronimo-amati-at-home-just-as_1452235.png) > [“Stephen nodded. 'Tell me,' he said, in a low voice, some moments later. 'Were I under naval discipline, could that fellow have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/stephen-nodded-tell-me-he-said-in-a-low-voice-some-moments-later-were/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Chain of command](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chain-of-command/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/patrick-o-brian-2283_chain-of-command_stephen-nodded-tell-me-he-said-in-a-low_2685737.jpg) > [“Then a small vessel in the lower left-hand corner caught his eye, something in the nature of a pink; she was beating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/then-a-small-vessel-in-the-lower-left-hand-corner-caught-his-eye/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Shore Poor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shore-poor-5293131/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/patrick-o-brian-2283_shore-poor_then-a-small-vessel-in-the-lower-left-ha_665227.jpg) > [“Stephen had been put to sleep in his usual room, far from children and noise, away in that corner of the house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/stephen-had-been-put-to-sleep-in-his-usual-room-far-from-children-and/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/patrick-o-brian-2283_children_stephen-had-been-put-to-sleep-in-his-usu_667156.png) > [Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/other-people-s-marriages-are-a-perpetual-source-of-amazement/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Amazement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/patrick-o-brian-2283_amazement_other-people-s-marriages-are-a-perpetual_193745.png) > [We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/we-understood-one-another-better-before-ever-i-opened-my-mouth/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/patrick-o-brian-2283_inspirational_we-understood-one-another-better-before_2496341.png) > [“Love, sorrow, and wealth are the three things that cannot be concealed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/love-sorrow-and-wealth-are-the-three-things-that-cannot-be-concealed/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/patrick-o-brian-2283_love_love-sorrow-and-wealth-are-the-three-thi_336008.png) > [It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-is-a-great-while-since-i-felt-the-grind-of-bone-under-my-saw-he/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Anticipation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anticipation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/patrick-o-brian-2283_anticipation_it-is-a-great-while-since-i-felt-the-gri_188888.png) > [“He has written about equality, the perfectibility of human nature, and the essential goodness of mankind for many years -- he judges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/he-has-written-about-equality-the-perfectibility-of-human-nature-and/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Equality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/patrick-o-brian-2283_equality_he-has-written-about-equality-the-perfec_2833979.png) > [I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-have-60-years-of-reading-to-draw-upon-naval-memoirs-dispatches-the/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Draw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/draw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/patrick-o-brian-2283_draw_i-have-60-years-of-reading-to-draw-upon_3158195.png) ## 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