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

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Could it be that there were other things more desirable than cold logic and undefiled brain power?

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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 took occurred to me until many hours later.

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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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Even theories must have foundations.

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We are, all of us, creatures of habit, and when the seeeming necessity for schooling ourselves in new ways ceases to exist, we fall naturally and easily into the manner and customs which long usage has implanted ineradicably within us.

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It must be that I am dreaming, and that I shall awaken in a moment to see that awful knife descending toward my heart- kiss me, dear, just once before I lose my dream forever." -Jane-

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You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously

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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

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Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.

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

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Golf is a mental disorder.

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Traveling through space is stupifyingly monotonous.

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I am Tarzan of the Apes. I want you. I am yours. You are mine. We live here together always in my house. I will bring you the best of fruits, the tenderest deer, the finest meats that roam the jungle. I will hunt for you. I am the greatest of the jungle fighters. I will fight for you. I am the mightiest of the jungle fighters. You are Jane Porter, I saw it in your letter. When you see this you will know that it is for you and that Tarzan of the Apes loves you.

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For me, temperance is essential to good work.

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A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.

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The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue

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Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.

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I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.

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As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and, raising his eyes to the full moon, threw back his fierce young head and voiced the wild and terrible cry of his people.

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