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Quotes from Galactic Effectuator — Jack Vance

1916–2013 United States

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“Wisdom doesn’t work as well as you might imagine.”
“Everything else works much worse,” said Hetzel.

Galactic Effectuator (1980)

A people’s soul was pictured in its architecture: such was the aphorism of the ancient sage.

Galactic Effectuator (1980)

There can’t be two of me. Sometimes I doubt if there’s even one.

Galactic Effectuator (1980)

A surly fellow, Gidion Dirby, who had learned neither wisdom nor tolerance nor generosity from his vicissitudes: the usual order of things. Tragedy was not necessarily ennobling; travail weakened the soul more often than it gave strength.

Galactic Effectuator (1980)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jack Vance (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.