Lindsey Davis Quotes

born 1949 England

Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire.

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The world is full of people slandering their birthplaces, as if they really believe that small-town life is different elsewhere.

Last Act in Palmyra (1994)

The Silver Pigs (1989)

Architectural drawings may look beautiful and be admired by critics but to be good, they have to work in daily use.

A Body in the Bath House (2001)

The plumber plodded along in silence, like a man who has learned to be polite to lunatics through dealing with civil engineers.

Shadows in Bronze (1990)

Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return.

The Course of Honor (1997)

Words are real if other people think they understand their meaning.

Saturnalia (2007)

I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.

Enemies at Home (2014)

A wise partner does not come between her man and his best friend.

Deadly Election (2015)

In my experience, men who sit in corners are the ones to watch.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

Have any sheep been seen walking out of the Library with seagoing adventurers clinging to their wool?

Alexandria (2009)

To know another person's fortune smacks of wanting to control their fate for the wrong reasons.

The Accusers (2003)

Sometimes information you barely noticed consciously comes back to you of its own accord.

The Third Nero (2017)

On the scale of country crime, rape tended to rank with shouting boo at chickens.

Nemesis (2010)

Senator, don't let your judgement be warped by one heady moment.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

To be born with nothing was grim. But to be born with everything, then to lose it, was far more cruel.

The Accusers (2003)

Love and death are gritty subjects. Their appropriate handling by poets does not require myrtle petals and violets.

Last Act in Palmyra (1994)

'Do you kill people?'
'Not regularly. It's too much trouble making my peace with the gods afterwards.'

Time to Depart (1995)

Most cynics are witty and all clowns are cynical. Meet us on the road, and who could tell the difference?

Last Act in Palmyra (1994)

Sometimes you run away by yourself purely so someone who cares will come to find you. Half the time nobody does. That's the tragedy of life.

The Ides of April (2013)

Stick with it, Xanthus. There are fortunes to be made out of bristle for a man with deft hands.

The Iron Hand of Mars (1992)

Attribution

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