"Open the history of the past at whatsoever……" — Rafael Sabatini
"Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest chance might have averted. Indeed, coincidence may be defined as the tool used by Fate to shape the destinies of men and nations."
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Rafael Sabatini
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25 Quotes by Rafael Sabatini
Rafael Sabatini has 25 quotes on this site.
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The love that is never to be realized will often remain a man's guiding ideal.
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In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.
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I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is…
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In endeavor itself there is a certain dynamic entertainment, affording an illusion of useful purpose. With achievement the illusion is…
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Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith...
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Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.
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An intelligent observation of the facts of human existence will reveal to shallow-minded folk who sneer at the use of…
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He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.
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It came to Mr. Blood, as he trudged forward under the laden apple-trees on that fragrant, delicious July morning, that…
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Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven…
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There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with…
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When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself
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I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and…
— Cameron Diaz
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The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are…
— Adolf Hitler
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Absolutely love the new campaign from the Optimum Population Trust: do your bit for addressing climate change by having fewer…
— Jonathon Porritt
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It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to…
— Elihu Root
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We like democracy because why? The pathologies of the U.S. version are so obvious in the aftermath of the latest…
— Noah Feldman
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My life is one long daily, hourly record of answered prayer. For physical health, for mental overstrain, for guidance given…
— Mary Slessor
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Catastrophe was only narrowly averted. It was all due to the faith of one man! Yes, you who called us…
— Robert Ley
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Stephen Blackpool fall into the loneliest of lives, the life of solitude among a familiar crowd. The stranger in the…
— Charles Dickens
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So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.
— Michael Kinsley
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R-4 got stuck on the First Law. "Can anyone really protect a human being from all harm whatever?" it thought.…
— John Thomas Sladek
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Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless-nay, the…
— George Eliot
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