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Edgar Rice Burroughs quotes

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“Men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle! How fortunate was he who lived in the peace and security of the great forest!” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I...” Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars
“In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars
“I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars
“A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart” Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars
“But if I did not believe, still should I love. Had you come back for me, and had there been no other way, I would have gone into the jungle with you—forever.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“And so he learned to read. From then on his progress was rapid.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“In Tarzan's clever little mind many thoughts revolved, and back of these was his divine power of reason. If he could catch his fellow apes with his long arm of many grasses, why not Sabor, the lioness?” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“Clothes therefore, must be truly a badge of greatness; the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing the hideous things.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Return of Tarzan
“Teach me to speak the language of men.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“But love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger, so she asked her question.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“His straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled, and yet with the soft and sinuous curves of a Greek god, told at a glance the wondrous combination of enormous strength with suppleness...” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“To lose the only creature in all his world who ever had manifested love and affection for him was the greatest tragedy he had ever known.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“He longed for the little cabin and the sun-kissed sea—for the cool interior of the well-built house, and for the never-ending wonders of the many books.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“the time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in the mantle of virtue.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars
“To Jane the strange apparition of this god-like man was as wine to sick nerves.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“No longer did he feel shame for his hairless body or his human features, for now his reason told him that he was of a different race from his wild and hairy companions.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“Tarzan must act quickly or his prey would be gone; but Tarzan's life training left so little space between decision and action when an emergency confronted him that there was not even room for the shadow of a thought between.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“That the huge, fierce brute loved this child of another race is beyond question, and he, too, gave to the great, hairy beast all the affection that would have belonged to his fair young mother had she lived.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“I have often admonished my pupils to count ten before speaking. Were I you, Mr. Philander, I should count at least a thousand, and then maintain a discreet silence.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“From the beginning of time upon Barsoom it has been the prerogative of woman to change her mind as she listed and to dissemble in matters concerning her heart.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars

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