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T. H. White was an English author best known for his retelling of Arthurian legends in "The Once and Future King." His writing blends fantasy, history, and philosophical reflection, captivating generations of readers. He brought new life to classic myths and influenced modern interpretations of the Arthurian tradition. Here are 48 of his quotes:

Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish. (T. H. White)
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. View quote
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We cannot build the future by avenging the past. View quote
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They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get. View quote
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If people reach perfection they vanish, you know. View quote
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Only fools want to be great. View quote
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In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight. View quote
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Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance. View quote
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It is good to put your life in other people's hands. View quote
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Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty. View quote
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The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indistinguishable as democrats. (T. H. White)
Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds. View quote
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It seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough. View quote
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It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them. View quote
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If there is one thing I can't stand, it is stupidity. I always say that stupidity is the Sin against the Holy Ghost. View quote
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He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life. View quote
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a king can only work with his best tools. View quote
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It was called a tribute before a battle and a ransom afterwards. View quote
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It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible. View quote
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You think education is something to be done when all else fails? View quote
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All forms of collectivism are mistaken, according to the human skull. (T. H. White)
It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else. View quote
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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. View quote
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T. H. White - Image
Photo: Burns Library, Boston College., CC BY 2.0
Occupation: English Author
Born: May 29, 1906
Died: January 17, 1964
Quotes count: 48
Wikipedia: T. H. White

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