“When we know all of whatever it may be, we can never do anything but forgive, madame. That is the profoundest religious truth that was ever written. It contains, in fact, a whole religion—the noblest religion any man could have to guide him.”Rafael Sabatini book ScaramoucheSource: Scaramouche (1921), Ch. XIV: "The Barrier"
“A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.”Rafael Sabatini book Captain BloodSource: Captain Blood
“Do you expect sincerity in man when hypocrisy is the very keynote of human nature? We are nurtured on it; we are schooled in it, we live by it; and we rarely realize it.”Rafael Sabatini book ScaramoucheBook 3, Chapter 16 Source: Scaramouche
“To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.”Rafael Sabatini book ScaramoucheSource: Scaramouche