Quote

Mordred and Agravaine thought Arthur hypocritical—as all decent men must be, if you assume that decency can’t exist.

T. H. White

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

T. H. White
Age: 57 †
Born: 1906
Born: May 29
Died: 1964
Died: January 17
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Bombay
Terence Hanbury White
T. H. White
Tim White
Assuming
Exist
Thought
Must
Hypocritical
Men
Arthur
Decency
Assume
Decent

More quotes by T. H. White

Image
It is good to put your life in other people's hands.
T. H. White
Image
Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty.
T. H. White
Image
I am an anarchist, like any other sensible person. ~ Merlyn
T. H. White
Image
[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it.
T. H. White
Image
Aviators live by hours, not by days.
T. H. White
Image
The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide.
T. H. White
Image
They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.
T. H. White
Image
The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.
T. H. White
Image
A lot of brainless unicorns swaggering about and calling themselves educated just because they can push each other off a horse with a bit of a stick! It makes me tired.
T. H. White
Image
Now, in their love, which was stronger, there were the seeds of hatred and fear and confusion growing at the same time: for love can exist with hatred, each preying on the other, and this is what gives it its greatest fury.
T. H. White
Image
It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.
T. H. White
Image
There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. These gave out a smell of must and solid brownness which was most secure.
T. H. White
Image
All forms of collectivism are mistaken, according to the human skull.
T. H. White
Image
He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life.
T. H. White
Image
In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight.
T. H. White
Image
Unfortunately we have tried to establish Right by Might, and you can 't do that.
T. H. White
Image
Kings can only use their best tools.
T. H. White
Image
I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.
T. H. White
Image
When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse Put to sleep my mother's curse?
T. H. White
Image
Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.
T. H. White