“ They are like men: if bold, the better of scolding; if timid, the better of praise and flattery. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ We of the sea come to know each other quickly; our loves, like our hates, are born of sudden dangers. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ In every four there is one the slowest, and one the swiftest; and while the race is always to the slowest, the trouble is always with the swiftest. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ Youth is but the painted shell within which, continually growing, lives that wondrous thing the spirit of a man, biding its moment of apparition, earlier in some than in others. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ Everyone has known this condition of mind, though perhaps not all in the same degree; everyone will recognise it as the condition in which he has done brave things with apparent serenity; and everyone… Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it. A people risen, run their race, and die either of themselves or… Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ He was angry; not as the irritable, from chafing of a trifle; nor was his anger like the fool's, pumped from the wells of nothing, to be dissipated by a reproach or a curse; it was the wrath peculiar… Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ They to whom a boy comes asking, Who am I, and what am I to be? have need of ever so much care. Each word in answer may prove to the after-life what each finger-touch of the artist is to the clay he i… Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ It was then I saw thy mother, and loved her, and took her away in my secret heart. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ For power, you know, is a fretful thing, and hath its wings always spread for flight. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ The architect had not stopped to bother about columns and porticos, proportions or interiors, or any limitation upon the epic he sought to materialize; he had simply made a servant of Nature - art can… Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ Men speak of dreaming as if it were a phenomenon of night and sleep. They should know better. All results achieved by us are self-promised, and all self-promises are made in dreams awake. Dreaming is… Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
