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The Once and Future King Quotes
20 of the best book quotes from The Once and Future King
01
“Whoso pulleth Out This Sword of This Stone and Anvil, is Rightwise King Born of All England.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Pellinore
character
royalty
ᐧ
birthright
ᐧ
kings
ᐧ
swords
concepts
02
″‘Plenty of people have told me you are not my father,’ said the Wart, ‘but it does not matter a bit.‘”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
ᐧ
Sir Ector
characters
family
ᐧ
royalty
ᐧ
loyalty
ᐧ
blood lines
concepts
03
“Oh, dear, oh, dear, I wish I had never seen that filthy sword at all.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
character
fear
ᐧ
growing up
concepts
04
“But inside himself he was proud of the Wart for staying out after a hawk, and prouder still to see that he had got it.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
ᐧ
Sir Ector
characters
perseverance
ᐧ
pride
ᐧ
proud
concepts
05
“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.”
T.H. White
author
Rulers
person
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
character
power
ᐧ
the mind
ᐧ
leadership
concepts
06
“Why can’t you harness Might so that it works for Right?… The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can’t neglect it.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
character
leadership
ᐧ
right
ᐧ
morality
ᐧ
just ruler
concepts
07
“I ought to have thought of the people who had no armour.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
character
compassion
ᐧ
the poor
concepts
08
“There is one fairly good reason for fighting—and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a wickedness, perhaps the greatest wickedness of a wicked species. They are so wicked that they must not be allowed.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
Merlyn
character
war
ᐧ
wickedness
concepts
09
“There is a thing about Time and Space which the philosopher Einstein is going to find out. Some people call it Destiny.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
Merlyn
character
time
ᐧ
destiny
ᐧ
space
concepts
10
“Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
Merlyn
character
education
ᐧ
experiences
ᐧ
independence
ᐧ
self-reliance
concepts
11
″‘Tell you!’ he exclaimed. ‘And what is going to happen when there is nobody to tell you? Are you never going to think for yourself?‘”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
Merlyn
character
independence
ᐧ
self-reliance
concepts
12
“All the world loves a lover.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Pellinore
character
love
concept
13
“Only fools want to be great.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
Merlyn
character
responsibility
ᐧ
power
ᐧ
foolishness
concepts
14
“Arthur was happy. Like the man in Eden before the fall, he was enjoying his innocence and fortune.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
character
happiness
ᐧ
innocence
ᐧ
good fortune
concepts
15
“The fate of this man or that man was less than a drop, although it was a sparkling one, in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
future
ᐧ
fate
ᐧ
destiny
concepts
16
“You think education is something to be done when all else fails?”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
education
ᐧ
learning
ᐧ
importance of learning
concepts
17
“We have had a good time while we were young, but it is in the nature of Time to fly.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
Merlyn
character
time
ᐧ
growing up
concepts
18
″‘The best thing for being sad,’ replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, ‘is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails.‘”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
Merlyn
character
sadness
ᐧ
education
ᐧ
learning
concepts
19
“I was never your father nor of your blood, but I wote well ye are of an higher blood than I wend ye were.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
King Arthur
ᐧ
Sir Ector
characters
family
ᐧ
royalty
ᐧ
blood lines
concepts
20
″...but it seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.”
T.H. White
author
The Once and Future King
book
innocence
ᐧ
tragedy
concepts
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King Pellinore
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loyalty
King Arthur
Sir Ector
blood lines
fear
growing up
perseverance
pride
proud
power
the mind
leadership
right
morality
just ruler
compassion
the poor
war
wickedness
Merlyn
time
destiny
space
education
experiences
independence
self-reliance
love
responsibility
foolishness
happiness
innocence
good fortune
future
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learning
importance of learning
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