Arthur Desmond Quotes

1859–1929 Australia

Arthur Desmond (c. 1859 – 26 January 1929) was an English revolutionary, poet, philosopher and author, most famous for being the likely author of the incendiary work Might is Right.

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There is no field of activity for great men without the coming of great wars, great struggles and great revolutions.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Good or bad I propose to be something great!

Rival Caesars (1903)

Those three divine attributes of a perfect woman: goodness, beauty and wealth.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Women have ever been the stumbling block and betrayers of ambition.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Women find little pleasure in the society of women.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Most women you know are very much interested in the man who is reputed to be deeply admired by other women.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Why should a man deliberately encircle his mind with needless prison walls. No man can reach highest excellence who puts limits to his own thought.

Rival Caesars (1903)

The reason there are no great poets and writers now is because there are no great deeds or heroes to write about. The world is becoming tame and sad and dreary.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Shall it be said of us in after years that we studied the history of the rise and fall of empires, republics, revolutions , and Caesar's for naught? Shall men say of us we missed our opportunity?.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Two things greater
Than all things are;
And the first is love
And the second is war.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Arthur Desmond (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.