More quotes by Poul Anderson
For the ordinary man, instability—change—means dislocation, war, uncertainty, misery, and death.
Man’s duty in this life, he thought, is to choose the lesser evil.
“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”
Men, whose span is cruelly short, rush nonetheless to death in their youth as to a maiden’s arms.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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