H. Rider Haggard Quotes

1856–1925 England

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), born in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations such as southern Africa, Central Asia, Egypt, Iceland and Mexico.

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Also known as: Rider Haggard

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Never stretch out your hand to Death till he stretches out his to you

The Ancient Allan (1920)

When one can think of nothing, it is best to follow the counsel of those who can think of something; also to hunt rather than to be hunted.

The Ancient Allan (1920)

And now let us love and take that which is given us, and be happy; for in the grave there is no love and no warmth, nor any touching of the lips. Nothing perchance, or perchance bitter memories of what might have been.

She (1887)

While we breathe there is hope, and all that seems lost still may be won

Heu-Heu (1924)

Fire may be lovely and attractive, also comforting at a proper distance, but he who sits on the top of it is cremated, as many a moth has found.

She and Allan (1921)

It is well to be wise sometimes, for others’ sake, but not for our own, oh! not for our own.

The Ancient Allan (1920)

[I]n all essentials the savage and the child of civilization are identical.

Allan Quatermain (1887)

[T]he 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 bite it.

She (1887)

While you are a man, live the life of a man, and when you become a spirit, live the life of a spirit. But do not seek to mix the two together like oil and wine, and thus spoil both.

The Ancient Allan (1920)

. . . the extreme of unmorality is as fascinating to study as the extreme virtue and often more so.

She and Allan (1921)

. . . all men are cowards . . . in one matter or another, though in the rest they may be brave enough.

Heu-Heu (1924)

. . . now and again it is wise to cease from being wise, lest Heaven should grow jealous of our wisdom and want to share it.

Heu-Heu (1924)

Life is more than gold . . . and great honour is better than both.

Heu-Heu (1924)

. . . little in the world is pretty, except the world itself.

Heu-Heu (1924)

. . . who ever sees Wisdom until she is flying away?

The Ancient Allan (1920)

. . . the time of kings is not their own.

The Ancient Allan (1920)

. . . feasts are sometimes followed by want and rejoicings by sorrow and victories by defeat, and splendid sins by repentance and slow climbing back to good again.

The Ancient Allan (1920)

. . . too great holiness often thwarts itself and ends in trouble for the unholy flesh.

The Ancient Allan (1920)

. . . do not lie except when you are obliged, for jugglers who play with too many knives are apt to cut their fingers.

The Ancient Allan (1920)

. . . there is a way out of most difficulties if only it can be hit upon.

Heu-Heu (1924)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: H. Rider Haggard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.