Edgar Rice Burroughs Quotes

“Men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle! How fortunate was he who lived in the peace and security of the great forest!”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:men cruelty

“His straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled, and yet with the soft and sinuous curves of a Greek god, told at a glance the wondrous combination of enormous strength with suppleness...”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:strength beauty

“I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars

topic:understanding belief

“When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:beauty killing

“Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Return of Tarzan

topic:reality dream

“No longer did he feel shame for his hairless body or his human features, for now his reason told him that he was of a different race from his wild and hairy companions.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:reason humanity

“In Tarzan's clever little mind many thoughts revolved, and back of these was his divine power of reason. If he could catch his fellow apes with his long arm of many grasses, why not Sabor, the lioness?”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:reason mind

“And so he learned to read. From then on his progress was rapid.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:reading learning progress

“He longed for the little cabin and the sun-kissed sea—for the cool interior of the well-built house, and for the never-ending wonders of the many books.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:reading books

“Clothes therefore, must be truly a badge of greatness; the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing the hideous things.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:man

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