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H. Rider Haggard Quotes

H. Rider Haggard quotes

English Writer June 22, 1856 – May 14, 1925

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Think then what it is to live on here eternally and yet be human; toage in soul and see our beloved die and pass to lands whither we maynot hope to follow; to wait while drop by drop the curse of the longcenturies falls upon our imperishable being, like water slow drippingon a diamond that it cannot wear, till they be born anew forgetful ofus, and again sink from our helpless arms into the void unknowable. H. Rider Haggard
...for surely the food that memory gives to eat is bitter to the taste, and it is only with the teeth of hope that we can bear to chew it. (Ayesha) H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard quote: "...for women bring trouble as surely as night follows day..."
...for women bring trouble as surely as night follows day... H. Rider Haggard
So they crucified their Messiah? Well can I believe it. That He was a Son of the Living Spirit would be naught to them, if indeed He was so.... They would care little for any God if he came not with pomp and power. H. Rider Haggard
It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved by timely death from moral petrification, if not from moral corruption. H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard quote: "There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing..."
There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature. H. Rider Haggard
We run to place and power over the dead bodies of those who fail and fall; ay, we win the food we eat from out the mouths of starving babes. H. Rider Haggard
Mistrust all men, and slay him whom thou mistrustest overmuch; and as for women, flee from them, for they are evil, and in the end will destroy thee. H. Rider Haggard
Shall a mangrave his sorrows upon a stone when he hath but need to write them onthe water? Nay, oh /She/, I will live my day, and grow old with mygeneration, and die my appointed death, and be forgotten. H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard quote: "Wealth is good, and if it comes our way we will take it; but a..."
Wealth is good, and if it comes our way we will take it; but a gentleman does not sell himself for wealth. H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard quote: "Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and..."
Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten. H. Rider Haggard
Memory haunts me from age to age, and passion leads me by the hand--evil have I done, and with sorrow have I made acquaintance from age to age, and from age to age evil shall I do, and sorrow shall I know till my redemption comes. H. Rider Haggard
Strange are the pictures of the future that mankind can thus draw with this brush of faith and these many-coloured pigments of the imagination! Strange, too, that no one of them tallies with another! H. Rider Haggard
And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She. H. Rider Haggard
The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I hope it will not be brought up against me when my clock strikes. H. Rider Haggard

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