One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once. Mary Renault More Quotes by Mary Renault More Quotes From Mary Renault It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that. Mary Renault regretmenbelieve All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier. Mary Renault esteemeasiermen There is nothing like despair to make one throw oneself upon the gods. Mary Renault oneselfdespair Never destroy without thought your enemy's pretences; they are usually your best weapon against him. Mary Renault pretenceweaponsenemy Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask. Mary Renault speechcommondull Half the world's troubles come from men not being trained to resent a fallacy as much as an insult. Mary Renault halftruthmen It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death. Mary Renault bitternessevilfriendship How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown? Mary Renault harvesttrustpeople The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes. Mary Renault amountdetermined A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it. Mary Renault actionmenthinking The perpetual stream of human nature is formed into ever-changing shallows, eddies, falls and pools by the land over which it passes. Perhaps the only real value of history lies in considering this endlessly varied play between the essence and the accidents. Mary Renault reallyingfall It is something, I thought, when a king can put a courtesan to the blush. Mary Renault courtesanskings We Persians have a saying that one should deliberate serious matters first drunk, then sober. Mary Renault drunkseriousmatter In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men. Mary Renault sleepintegritymen In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul. Mary Renault hatehatredlife Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river. Mary Renault greek-philosophystepsrivers There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare. Mary Renault unexpectedshockkind One might have supposed that the true act of love was to lie together and talk. Mary Renault inspiring-lovetogetherlying death was the price of life. Mary Renault life Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the thoughts of my heart. Mary Renault rosecloudsheart
