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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard
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Robert E. Howard
Age: 30 †
Born: 1906
Born: January 22
Died: 1936
Died: June 11
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My body seems a mere encumbrance to me an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul.
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I have not been a success, and probably never will be.
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It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road.
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Animals are neither gods nor fiends, but men in their way without the lust and greed of man.
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While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it.
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The sea-road is good for wanderers and landless men. There is quenching of thirst on the grey paths of the winds, and the flying clouds to still the sting of lost dreams.
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I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been.
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Life is but a web spun of ghosts and dreams and illusions.
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I think the real reason so many youngsters are clamoring for freedom of some vague sort, is because of unrest and dissatisfaction with present conditions I don't believe this machine age gives full satisfaction in a spiritual way, if the term may be allowed.
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