It never seems to occur to some people,... by Edgar Rice Burroghs | We Heart Quotes

People May Sense Humor

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

Other quotes by Edgar Rice Burroghs

Man Life

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

A warrior may change his metal, but nit his heart.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

Hope Death

Death, only, renders hope futile.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

Direction

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

Anger

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

- Edgar Rice Burroghs

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