Quotes from The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph — Jack Vance
1916–2013 United States
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My brain, otherwise a sound instrument, has a serious defect—a hypertrophied lobe of curiosity.
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (1966)
The big man’s scowl deepened. “You’re not what I expected.”
“Intelligence, facility, resourcefulness are not like neckties, to be displayed as ornaments,” Magnus Ridolph pointed out.
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (1966)
“I have heard your name mentioned.”
“Probably as a high-flying free-wheeling financial hell-raiser.”
“I believe the term ‘unscrupulous blackguard’ was used,” said Ridolph.
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (1966)
Banish Evil from the world? Nonsense! Encourage it, foster it, sponsor it. The world owes Evil a debt beyond imagination. Think! Without greed ambition falters. Without vanity art becomes idle musing. Without cruelty benevolence lapses to passivity. Superstition has shamed man into self-reliance and, without stupidity, where would be the savor of superior understanding?
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (1966)