Tarzan of the Apes Quotes

“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

“the time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in the mantle of virtue.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:virtue patience

“Tarzan must act quickly or his prey would be gone; but Tarzan's life training left so little space between decision and action when an emergency confronted him that there was not even room for the shadow of a thought between.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:action thought

“To Jane the strange apparition of this god-like man was as wine to sick nerves.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:appearance

“I have often admonished my pupils to count ten before speaking. Were I you, Mr. Philander, I should count at least a thousand, and then maintain a discreet silence.”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

topic:silence

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