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It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality.
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I give dignity second place to expedience.
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We need no chieftain; such folk eat more than their share.
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Jack Vance |
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You will have useful work: the destruction of evil men. What work could be more useful?
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Jack Vance |
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Revenge is not an ignoble motive, when it works to a productive end.
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Conjecture without facts was useless; he must deal with events as they occurred.
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Who are our basic enemies? This is a secret, unknown even to those basic enemies.
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Jack Vance |
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The tighter the discipline of an art form, the more subjective the criteria of taste.
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Destiny could not bring him this far only to deal him failure!
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Jack Vance |
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A detached attitude toward the problems of others is not illegal.
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Jack Vance |
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And thereby hangs a tale," as the monkey said while describing the cat's rear-quarters.
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Jack Vance |
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Money lost, little lost.Pluck lost, all lost.
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A man without friends is a tree without leaves.
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Art implies discipline; the more excellent the art, the more rigorous the discipline.
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What good is notoriety if your friends are unable to profit from it?
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Be on your way; this is holy soil.""How can you be so sure? It looks like ordinary dirt."
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I can tell you this at least. The most convincing disguise for legitimacy is legitimacy itself.
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Remember, not all lawyers are fools!
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What are you doing here?""I'm looking at you, and grateful for the opportunity."
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The seconds marched past, traversing that mysterious boundary which separates future from past.
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My wealth is my shelf of books!
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Jack Vance |
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It does no good to hurry here. In fact, it may even be against the law.
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Jack Vance |
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Your analyses at times border upon the mordant.
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Jack Vance |
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Vengeance is not the most noble activity, but submissiveness is worse.
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This is an insane society, constrained by punctilio as a rotten egg is held by its shell.
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A person who calls facts absurdities will often be surprised.
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Where cowards never venture, heroes find splendor.
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They consider garrulity a crime against nature.
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Jack Vance |
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Evidently you do not trust me. This does not predispose me to trust you.
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Jack Vance |
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Do you deny the charges?""I neither confirm nor deny them; they are ridiculous."
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Jack Vance |
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Surveillance portended unpleasant events: this on Tschai was an axiom of existence.
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Jack Vance |
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Are musicians unlike other men? Beget and forget, that's how it goes.
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Jack Vance |
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I don't care a fig whether or not you are offended.
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Jack Vance |
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Events rush together. History occurs.
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Jack Vance |
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It is foolish to be outraged by a fact of nature.
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Jack Vance |
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Never neglect the wonder of conscious existence, which too soon comes to an end!
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Jack Vance |
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Your vision exceeds your practicality: often the case with a musician.
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Jack Vance |
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Ignorance induces suspicion.
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Jack Vance |
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I am not the man for this sort of business; I detest puzzlement.
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Jack Vance |
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Bah," muttered Sul. "I am unable to chop logic with you; you have the superior sleight with words."
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Jack Vance |
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Which is better: cheap submission or expensive independence?
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Jack Vance |
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What a strange and unfamiliar world if everyone were treated according to his deserts!
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Jack Vance |
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Die then. This is my cure for sore knees.
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Jack Vance |
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A notable scheme has occurred to me.
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