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Wilbur Smith
22 quotes
“Something always dies when the lion feeds — and yet there is meat for those that follow him.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When the Lion Feeds (1964)
“When a traveller gets a thorn in his foot," Mbejane went on softly, "and he is wise, he plucks it out — and he is a fool, he leaves it and says, 'I will keep this thorn to prick me so that I will always remember the road upon which I have travelled.' Nkosi, it is better to remember with pleasure than with pain.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beware of your most implacable enemy — yourself.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Leopard Hunts in Darkness (1984)
“They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy — just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Should five slaves dictate to a king? If five baboons bark, must the black-maned lion tremble?”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Robin Hood was also a terrorist ― but he had some style and a little class.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's an old chestnut, but those set to guard a treasure, are too often those who loot it.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rage (1987)
“History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rage makes a man sick, my son. It spoils his appetite for life and keeps him from sleep at night. We cannot change our world, so we must look for the good things in life and enjoy those to the full.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best cure for racism is have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what colour the arse is that comes to save yours — black or white, you’re ready to give it a big fat kiss.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Golden Fox (1990)
“A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Elephant Song (1991)
“No profit was too small to despise; no loss was too small to abhor.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“War is the game played by old men with the lives of the young.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: River God (1993)
“'A man follows the path laid out for him. He does his duty to God and his king. He does what he must do, not what pleases him.' He felt the anger and outrage building in him. ‘God’s truth, boy, what kind of world would this be if every man did what pleased him alone? Who would plough the fields and reap the harvest, if every man had the right to say, "I don’t want to do that." In this world there is a place for every man, but every man must know his place.'”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Monsoon (1999)
“The branch breaks that will not bend with the wind. You must learn to bend.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Triumph of the Sun (2005)
“Duplicity thy name is woman!”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Those in Peril (2011)
“We are all mere insects caught in the web that the gods spin for us.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Desert God (2014)
“The most effective way to kill any animal is for it to die before it even knows you are there.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've eaten lion, leopard, crocodile, python. I don't recommend lion. It tastes exactly like when a tomcat comes into your house and sprays.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's a melancholy and moving thing to hunt an elephant. It's like shooting an old man.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They say if you drink Zambezi water with your mother's milk, you are always a slave of Africa, and I am.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source