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Quotes from The Great Fetish — L. Sprague de Camp

1907–2000 United States

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All supernaturalism is simply a scheme to enable a class of magicians called priests to live without working.

The Great Fetish (1978)

There is nothing so dangerous as an ignorant and frightened man.

The Great Fetish (1978)

“But your loss of honor—”
“Honor is a subjective, intangible loss. Therefore our laws take no cognizance of it.”

The Great Fetish (1978)

“Then who were the Ancient Ones?”
Halran shrugged. “There are as many interpretations of those myths as there are mythographers.”

The Great Fetish (1978)

“It is a common belief that all paleskins are superhumanly lusty and incorrigibly lecherous.”
“Now it is you who flatter us,” said Halran.

The Great Fetish (1978)

If the gods made man, which I doubt, they should have made him so he sometimes enjoyed what he has instead of forever yearning for what he has not.

The Great Fetish (1978)

“You Afkans seem like a grimly puritanical lot,” said Halran, “if you will excuse my saying so.”
Ndovu beamed. “No apologies needed. What you say is high praise here.”

The Great Fetish (1978)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: L. Sprague de Camp (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.