Moonfleet Quotes

“We thought there was no more behind But such a day tomorrow as today And to be a boy eternal.”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“As in life, so in a game of hazard, skill will make something of the worst of throws.”
― J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“Have a care how you touch the treasure; it was evilly come by, and will bring a curse with it.”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“Thou [John] art my diamond, and I would rather lose all other diamonds in the world than aught should come to thee. So, if thou doubtest, let me go, or let not any go at all.”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“Latin for those who know that tongue, Ita in vita ut in lusu alae pessima jactura arte corrigenda est, and in English as Mr. Glennie translated it, As in life, so in a game of hazard, skill will make something of the worst of throws.”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“So sleeps the pride of former days —More”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“We thought there was no more behind But such a day tomorrow as today And to be a boy eternal. Shakespeare”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“Maskew got ugly looks from the men, and sour words from the wives, as he went up through the village that afternoon,”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“¡Ah, dulce infancia! ¡Cómo ansiamos librarnos de ti cuando somos niños y con cuánto pesar te contemplamos una vez te hemos dejado atrás y hemos llegado apenas a la mitad de esta carrera que es la vida humana!”
― John Meade Falkner, El diamante de Moonfleet

“إنني مستعد أن أفقد كل مجوهرات العالم، ولا أفقدك أنت.”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“Life is like a game of hazard, and surely none ever flung worse throws, or made so little of them as I.”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet

“And more than once I have stood rope in hand in that same awful place, and tried to save a struggling wretch; but never saw one come through the surf alive, in such a night as he saved me.”
― John Meade Falkner, Moonfleet