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Jack Vance Quotes: A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.
         

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.


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Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party whether he realizes it or not must always come out the worse.

Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party whether he realizes it or not must always come out the worse.



Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.

Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.



Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.

Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.



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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.



While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past.

While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past.



What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.

What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.



A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.



I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.

I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.



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I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.





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...for the truth is always older than all the opinions men have held regarding it; and one should be ignoring the nature of truth if we imagined that the truth began at the time it came to be known.



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We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.



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