Quotes by : 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,....

He was angry; not as the irritable, from chafing of a trifle; nor was his anger like the fool's, pumped....

The enemy of man is man, my brother.

They are like men: if bold, the better of scolding; if timid, the better of praise and flattery.

They to whom a boy comes asking, Who am I, and what am I to be? have need of ever so much care. Each....

It was then I saw thy mother, and loved her, and took her away in my secret heart.

There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and....

For power, you know, is a fretful thing, and hath its wings always spread for flight.

There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and....

We of the sea come to know each other quickly; our loves, like our hates, are born of sudden dangers.....