“The Cimmerian glared about, embarrassed at the roar of mocking laughter that greeted this remark. He saw no particular humor in it and was too new to civilization to understand its discourtesies. Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”[1]




Notes:
  1. The Tower of the Elephant (Robert E Howard) – Highlight Loc. 45-48 [↩]
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