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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood QUOTES

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood QUOTES

1 " Now there was no sign of any foul weather, but when one wishes to do a thing . . . one finds no lack of reasons for the doing. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

2 " Then all was quiet save only for the low voices of those that talked together, ... , and saving, also, for the mellow snoring of Friar Tuck, who enjoyed his sleep with a noise as of one sawing soft wood very slowly. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

3 " Gaffer Swanthold speaks truth when he saith, 'Better a crust with content than honey with a sour heart. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

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― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

5 " Up rose Robin Hood "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

6 " So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass in tome to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall and are soon forgotten. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

7 " Now, you and I cannot go two ways at the same time while we join in these merry doings; so we will e'en let Little John follow his own path while we tuck up our skirts and trudge after Robin Hood. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

8 " IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

9 " Let me tell you, an I had the shaping of things in this world, ye should all three have been clothed in the finest silks, and ride upon milk-white horses, with pages at your side, and feed upon nothing but whipped cream and strawberries; for such a life would surely befit your looks." At "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

10 " Once I slew a man, and never do I wish to slay a man again, for it is bitter for the soul to think thereon. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

11 " Such were the travelers along the way; but fat abbot, rich esquire, or money-laden usurer came there none. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

12 " So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass in time to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall and are soon forgotten. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

13 " Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

14 " He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

15 " You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

16 " What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

17 " It doth make a man better,' quoth Robin Hood, 'to bear of those noble men so long ago. When one doth list to such tales, his soul doth say, 'put by thy poor little likings and seek to do likewise.' Truly, one may not do as nobly one's self, but in the striving one is better... "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

18 " (H)ope, be it never so faint, bringeth a gleam into darkness, like a little rushlight that costeth but a groat. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

19 " An I must drink sour ale, I must, but never have I yielded to a man before, and that without would or mark upon my body. Nor, when I bethink me, will I yield now. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

20 " When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff. "

― Howard Pyle , The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood