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T.H. White was an English author renowned for his historical novels. His most famous work, 'The Once and Future King,' is a blend of history and fiction, chronicling the story of King Arthur and his kingdom.

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All Ifs People Men Knows World Might Ends Enough Heart Body Giving May Mind War Children Education Failing Humans Inspirational Race

Famous T. H. White Quotes

“Kay was older and bigger than the Wart, so that he was bound to win in the end, but he was more nervous and imaginative. He could imagine the effect of each blow that was aimed at him, and this weakened his defense. Wart was only an infuriated hurricane.”

Ends Winning Imagine Effects Bigger Bounds Blow Defense Nervous Imaginative Hurricanes Warts

Book:THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

Source: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

“The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.”

People Ifs Men Ends Destiny Tree Unity Collections Divides Throwing Nuts Monkeys Dividing Separateness

Book:THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

Source: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

“Love is a trick played on us by the forces of evolution. Pleasure is the bait laid down by the same. There is only power. Power is of the individual mind but the mind's power is not enough. Power of the body decides everything in the end and only might is right.”

Mind Ends Enough Body Might Individual Force Love Is Pleasure Evolution Tricks Bait Might Is Right

Book:THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

Source: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

“...All endeavours which are directed to a purely worldly end...contain within themselves the germs of their own corruption.”

Ends Corruption Worldly Endeavour Germs

Author:T. H. White

“The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indistinguishable as democrats.”

Ends Age Race Democrat Communist Capitalist

Book:The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King

Source: The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King

“Is there anything more terrible than perpetual motion, than doing and doing and doing, without a reason, without a consciousness, without a change, without an end?”

Ends Reason Consciousness Terrible Perpetual Perpetual Motion

Book:The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King

Source: The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King

About the Author

Born: May 29, 1906
Died: January 17, 1964
Known for: Author
Quotes: 94

Books & Sources

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KINGRelated source material

The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future KingRelated source material

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