Author of quotes: Robert Graves. Page 1

Although to love is dedication,
Not the gifts
there are, there are gifts of love.
Under a and the decoration of the beloved,
Become her love. Men's business -
To give and to receive in return from the cute
Sea glass or flowers.
... Here by candlelight, she will wear earrings
And with a gasp: "He loves you
The thoughts are my guilty reads."
Then (love knows no "then",
No demands) she told him: "just me
Spoiled!" - what do you mean "All you're mine!"
And awarded the cloves with cornflower.

Let the reader says angrily,
That, they say, lie believable
His words idle chatter.
Writer, you better listen to me.
First, not undercut in the description
Characters, passions, and crimes:
So lie your not shaken foundations
Take the example of a notorious liars, -
Not liars, the lying that got
About the truth without thinking in the least.
Pluck everywhere loud phrases,
Ridiculous scenes and contemptible embellishment,
And even without any connection between themselves
Wander colorless characters
And surprise you with its absurdity
Myself, you and other people.

The wealth of the country lies not only in grains, metals and livestock. Most of all, the Empire needs men, and if it can increase its resources by attaching itself to the land where the lives of honest, brave and hardworking people, this is a far better purchase than any island in India, where spices, or gold-bearing district in Central Asia.

To use the Majesty of the law to avenge petty personal appearance of anger, it means to publicly admit weakness, cowardice and meanness of spirit.

There are two different ways of writing history: one is to encourage people to virtue, the other to persuade them to the truth.

Never remind people about the services provided to you in the past. If it is a noble and grateful people, they don't need reminders, but if ungrateful and ignoble, and to remind them of the past - an empty case.

A real historian should be above political turmoil of his time.

What is surprising is that Shakespeare is really very good, despite all those people who say that it is very good.