Quotes by Robert Smith Surtees

"It is better to be killed than frightened to death."
— Robert Smith Surtees
"There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse."
— Robert Smith Surtees
"More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice"
— Robert Smith Surtees
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Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 – 16 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a me...