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You are a fool, sir priest. Ignorance may excuse you. It will certainly kill you.

— Judith Tarr Ars Magica (1989)

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May God preserve us from an honest pope.

Ars Magica (1989)

“Peace.” Gerbert rolled the word on his tongue. “Is that what it is? I’d been calling it happiness.”

Ars Magica (1989)

Traitors were not cherished even by those who bought them.

Ars Magica (1989)

“So eager still! Do you never tire?”
“Oh, yes, my Lord,” said Gerbert. “But when I’ve struggled long and hard, and then at last I understand, I forget everything but that.”

Ars Magica (1989)

Now there was sophistry. A mage was a perilous beast, but a mage who was also a logician and a theologian was deadly enough to outface the devil himself.

Ars Magica (1989)

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