Barbarian Quote by Robert E Howard

“The singers make much of kings who valiantly die in battle, but your life is worth more than a sword. To me at least,…

— George R.R. Martin

“I never asked to be a king: it was pushed on me. So if you are going to say 'Son of St Louis: gird…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Kings and Queens aren't made from smooth sailing. They fight, they struggle, they take what's theirs, they survive and when they fall, they rise…

— Marion Bekoe

“On the path to Conquer the throne, some of your pawns must die... If your eyes aim the big kill, you must learn to…

— Aamir Sarfraz (aamir rajput khan

“But I am a knight of the Round Table," he protested, weakly. "I am a protector of the realm, a slayer of evil, I…

— Tanya Huff

“Often, the King would dance himself, rolling his scapulars and weaving his steps around the skulls of his favourite victims. Or he would amuse…

— Bruce Chatwin

“I drink to the health of the child prodigy who finally met the gentleman with the golden ass. Vive little Sébastien, he’ll grow up.…

— Marie-Claire Blais

“When the High King was killed - first poisoned, several times, then shot with pistols, then his head cut off, then burned in the…

— Heather Dixon

“Amidst all this bustle it is not reason, which carries the prize, but eloquence; and no man needs ever despair of gaining proselytes to…

— David Hume

“They fought because they loved the dance, and the weight of a sword in their hands. The clash and spark of metal and hiss…

— The Warrior Heir Cinda Williams Chima pg. 426

“Kings and marshals can look back and relive their triumphs, their great victories. We common folk must take what pleasure we can from life's…

— Raymond E. Feist

“It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson