Edgar Rice Burroughs Quotes

I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can face a thousand real dangers unafraid, sits hiding in the shadows like some frightened child.

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I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.

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exsistance is not the cure it is the problem

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For a time Jack was angry; but when he had been without the jacket for a short while he began to realize that being half-clothed is infinitely more uncomfortable than being entirely naked. Soon he did not miss his clothing in the least, and from that he came to revel in the freedom of his unhampered state.

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It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

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I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it.

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For me, temperance is essential to good work.

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In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.

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When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.

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It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

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Death, only, renders hope futile.

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If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

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I knew nothing about the technique of story writing, and now, after eighteen years of writing, I still know nothing about the technique, although with the publication of my new novel, Tarzan and the Lost Empire, there are 31 books on my list.

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Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

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For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.

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Beast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours.

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This was life! Ah, how he loved it! Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. Even clothes were a hindrance and a nuisance. At last he was free. He had not realized what a prisoner he had been.

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