Quotes by : Robert E. Howard

Time and times are but cogwheels, unmatched, grinding on oblivious to one another. Occasionally - oh,....

Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance.....

Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer,....

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

Over the souls of men spread the condor wings of colossal monsters and all manner of evil things prey....

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having....

It is only the promise of death that makes life worth living.

I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond....

What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?I, who was born in a naked land and....

How can I wear the harness of toilAnd sweat at the daily round,While in my soul foreverThe drums of Pictdom....