The Sayings of Redbeard Quotes

“What is politics but priestcraft in a new mask and cloak?”
― Ragnar Redbeard, The Sayings of Redbeard

“Let lions cease to prowl and fight,
Let eagles clip their wings,
Let men of might give up their right,
The foolish poet sings.

Let lords of gold and Caesars bold
Forever pass away,
Enrich the slaves; enthrone the knaves,
The base-born prophets say.

Yet I maintain with hand and pen
The other side of things.
The bold man’s right to rule and reign,
The way of gods and kings.

So capture crowns of wealth and power
(If you’ve the strength and can)
For strife is life’s eternal dower,
And nothing’s under ban.

Ye lions, wake and hunt and fight,
Ye eagles, spread your wings,
Ye men of might, believe you’re right
For you indeed are kings.”
― Ragnar Redbeard, The Sayings of Redbeard

“Life is strife for every man,
for every son of thunder;
Then be a lion not a lamb,
and don’t be trampled under.”
― Ragnar Redbeard, The Sayings of Redbeard

“For strife and struggle
Man is born;
But sheep and lambs
Are always shorn.”
― Ragnar Redbeard, The Sayings of Redbeard

“What are men but hungry wolves, a prowling on the heath?
If in a pack of wolves you hunt, you'd better sharp your teeth.”
― Ragnar Redbeard, The Sayings of Redbeard