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Quotes from She and Allan — H. Rider Haggard

1856–1925 England

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Human nature does not change, Allan, and wine and women are ancient snares.

She and Allan (1921)

The moths are few that fear the flame, but those are the moths which live.

She and Allan (1921)

But what of names, which often enough mean nothing at all?

She and Allan (1921)

It is only the nervous that climb the highest points of anything, and this is true of fights as of all others.

She and Allan (1921)

Oh! it is a strange world, full of jest to those who can see the strings that work it.

She and Allan (1921)

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)

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

She and Allan (1921)

. . . all joy grows from the root of pain.

She and Allan (1921)

. . . when lost in a forest every path that may lead to safety should be explored

She and Allan (1921)

. . . all are still savage at heart, even you and I. For what is termed culture is but coat upon coat of paint laid on to hide our native colour, and often there is poison in the paint.

She and Allan (1921)

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