Man is better without knowledge of things to come, for what is to be will be, and man can neither avert nor hasten. It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road. Robert E. Howard More Quotes by Robert E. Howard More Quotes From Robert E. Howard I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat - and frequently drop the hat himself. Robert E. Howard oklahomans fighting believe Coming, as I do, from mountain folk on one side and sea followers on the other, there are few old songs of the hills or the sea with which I am not familiar. Robert E. Howard mountain sea song Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Robert E. Howard ocean stars son Animals are neither gods nor fiends, but men in their way without the lust and greed of man. Robert E. Howard greed animal men It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road. Robert E. Howard lions dark I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been. Robert E. Howard torture hell no-fear Civilization is a network and a maze of precedences and custom. Robert E. Howard customs mazes civilization In this world men struggle and suffer vainly, finding pleasure only in the bright madness of battle; dying, their souls enter a gray misty realm of clouds and icy winds, to wander cheerlessly throughout eternity. Robert E. Howard struggle clouds men Aye, you white dog, you are like all your race; but to a black man gold can never pay for blood. Robert E. Howard race dog men Rome got some peachy pastings when she tried to lick the Irish. Robert E. Howard peachy rome A woman in such an emotional tempest is as perilous as a blind cobra to any about her. Robert E. Howard cobras women emotional Men are but men, and the greatest men are they who soonest learn the simpler things. Robert E. Howard greatest-man men What always was must always be. Robert E. Howard All fled—all done, so lift me on the pyre— The Feast is over, and the lamps expire. Robert E. Howard lamps done suicide I have known many gods. He who denies them is blind as he who trusts them too deeply. Robert E. Howard palate deny blind One objection I have heard voiced to works of this kinddealing with Texasis the amount of gore spilled across the pages. It can not be otherwise. In order to write a realistic and true history of any part of the Southwest, one must narrate such things, even at the risk of monotony. Robert E. Howard texas writing order My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul. Robert E. Howard horse soul desire I have put off the past like a worn-out cloak. Robert E. Howard cloaks worn past It is not pleasant to come upon Death in a lonely place at midnight. Robert E. Howard midnight lonely death Life is but a web spun of ghosts and dreams and illusions. Robert E. Howard ghost dream life
