Quotes by T.H. White, The Once and Future King

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She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always bori — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
If people reach perfection they vanish, you know. — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance. — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nu — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Everything not forbidden is compulsory — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Their mother is Athene, the goddess of wisdom, and, although they are often ready to play the buffoon to amuse you, such — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, yo — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse Put to sleep my m — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against eac — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight. — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it. — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wicked — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular. — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Love is a trick played on us by the forces of evolution. Pleasure is the bait laid down by the same. There is only power — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indi — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Oh, what a lovely owl!" Cried the Wart.But when he went up to it and held out his hand, the owl grew half as tall again, — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
He felt in his heart cruelty and cowardice, the things which made him brave and kind. — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible. — T.H. White, The Once and Future King