Sean Russell: Quotes about men

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“There were no sounds of men, here; only the whisperings of the world of nature, which men often called silence.”

Source: World Without End (1995), Chapter 39 (pp. 562-563)

“Observations interpreted by reason. Few, if any, ideas have had such impact on the lives of men.”

Source: World Without End (1995), Chapter 9 (p. 139)

“If men were only as wise as they are clever…”

Source: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 38 (p. 550)

“Soldiers, Your Highness. Men trained not to think for themselves.”

Source: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 34 (p. 488)

“Men who were used to subordinating others to their wills were invariably surprised by rebellion—as though this imaginary prison they created was, in fact, real.”

Source: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 32 (p. 460)

“They fear others—that is why they sought positions of power. Their greatest dream is to have a King who dances when they move the threads: and for Massenet, to marry his child to the heir of Entonne, and sit his grandson upon the throne. The ordinary desires of those who rise to such positions. In their appetites, they are not men of great originality. Though they will do enormous harm in spite of that.”

Source: Sea Without a Shore (1996), Chapter 37 (p. 526)

“Wood is a gift from the world of nature to we undeserving men…One should be thankful for such gifts, take no more than we need, and waste none of that.”

Source: World Without End (1995), Chapter 36 (p. 517)