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“He didn’t seem to mind his people being fleeced so much after I slapped him a couple of thousand credits,” remarked Flint wryly. “I guess death and taxes aren’t the only constants in the universe.”

— Mike Resnick The Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy (1983)

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Man sells his soul to the devil, he spends the rest of his life trying to stockpile enough money to buy it back.

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