Edgar Rice Burroughs

“The best of us are cursed with the follies of our ancestors.”

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

“It is a law of nature that the strong should govern the weak.”

“Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I am a child of kings, I am a man, and man in love is a fool.”

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

“Life is a battle, and we are all warriors.”

“Men are but children of a larger growth; our appetites as apt to change as theirs, and our toys as childish.”

“Words are the symbols of ideas. To speak is to think.”

“I have been successful probably because I have always been a writer of stories rather than a writer of novels.”

“Men are but children of a larger growth.”

“We are, all of us, creatures of habit.”

“The best of life is always ahead, always further.”

“Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.”

“I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.”

“If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.”

“We are all creatures of prejudice, and I am no exception.”

“Imagination is the road to infinity.”

“I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes...”

“If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.”

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