"The Master of Ballantrae" Quotes
Two brothers' bitter rivalry unfolds against the backdrop of 18th-century Scotland and the high seas.
classics | 388 pages | Published in 1889
Quotes
The best of life is but intoxication.
For I have heard it said, there is nothing in this world so beautiful as money.
The man who has not learned to say no—to himself—is not a man at all.
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.
It is one thing to follow a leader; it is quite another to be the leader.
It's a grand thing to get leave to live.
In all cases, but particularly in the case of a man-of-war, the finishing day is a day of terror.
An illness or an accident may befall us, but only death is death.
We must have here no such word as fail.
As for courage, I have heard of it. It is a virtue that may lead to high place. All the others are but parts of prudence.
