Jack Vance Quotes

• La libertad, los privilegios, las opciones, deben ejercerse constantemente, aun a riesgo de inconvenientes.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Risk

  "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter 9), 1969.

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• Si las religiones son enfermedades de la psique humana, como afirma el filósofo Grintholde, entonces las guerras religiosas deben ser consideradas como las llagas y cancros resultantes que infectan el corpus total de la raza humana. De todas las guerras, éstas son las más detestables, ya que no se libran para obtener ningún beneficio tangible, sino sólo para imponer un conjunto de credos arbitrarios en la mente de otra persona.

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  Religious, War, Race

  "The Face". Book by Jack Vance, 1979.

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• Good music always defeats bad luck

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  Music, Luck, Defeat

  Jack Vance (1983). “Suldrun's Garden”

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• While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past.

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  Wine, Adventure, Past

  Jack Vance (2007). “The Jack Vance Treasury”, Subterranean

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• An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.

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  Inches, Miles, Ten

  Jack Vance (2000). “Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight: (previously titled Cugel's Saga)”, p.528, Macmillan

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• What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.

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  Dolor, Hombres, Mal

  Jack Vance (1981). “Star King”, p.36, Spatterlight Press

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• A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.

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  Stories, Environment, Reader

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• Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.

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  Princesa

  Jack Vance (2002). “Lyonesse”, p.61, ElectricStory

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• Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.

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  Enemigo

  Jack Vance (2010). “The Complete Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden, The Green Pearl, Madouc”, p.630, Hachette UK

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• The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin; the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care.

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  Latin, Writing, Doctors

  Jack Vance (2007). “The Jack Vance Treasury”, Subterranean

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• A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

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  Bárbaros

  Jack Vance (1957). “Big Planet”, p.21, Spatterlight Press

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• A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

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  Men, Rope, Break

  "To Live Forever". "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter XVI, section 3), 1956.

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• I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.

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  Apology, Criminals, Firsts

  Jack Vance (1950). “The Dying Earth”, p.199, Spatterlight Press

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• ¿Cuáles son sus honorarios?", preguntó Guyal con cautela. "Respondo a tres preguntas", declaró el augur. "Por veinte tercios, expreso la respuesta en un lenguaje claro y procesable; por diez, utilizo el lenguaje cantado, que a veces admite ambigüedad; por cinco, digo una parábola que debes interpretar como quieras; y por un tercio, balbuceo en una lengua desconocida.

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  Phrases, Use, Answers

  Jack Vance (2000). “Mazirian the Magician: (previously titled The Dying Earth)”, p.91, Macmillan

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• I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.

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  Gist, Said, Speculation

  Jack Vance (2000). “Rhialto the Marvellous”, p.601, Macmillan

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• Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real.

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  Real, Boredom, Fugitive

  "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter 5), 1969.

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• Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism.

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  Law, Enforcement, Aphorism

  Jack Vance (1981). “Star King”, p.7, Spatterlight Press

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• Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love.

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  Erotic, Admiration, Function

  "The Complete Lyonesse" by Jack Vance, Gollancz (p. 449), 2000.

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• I become drunk as circumstances dictate.

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  Drunk, Circumstances

  Jack Vance (2000). “Cugel the Clever: (previously titled The Eyes of the Overworld)”, p.187, Macmillan

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• Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.

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  Knows, Obliged

  Jack Vance (1965). “The Dragon Masters”, p.48, Spatterlight Press

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• I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

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  Self Esteem, Care, Praise

  Jack Vance (2000). “Cugel the Clever: (previously titled The Eyes of the Overworld)”, p.141, Macmillan

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• Conversación. Frases ágiles, con primera y segunda acepciones y más allá, desafíos escandalosos con deslices hábilmente planeados, refutaciones de elegante brevedad; engaños y guiles, pacientes explicaciones de lo obvio, fugaces alusiones a lo impensable. Como paso previo, el conversador debe calibrar el estado de ánimo, la inteligencia y la facilidad verbal de la compañía. Para ello, unas pocas palabras de exposición pedante suelen resultar inestimables.

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  Challenges, Deception, Fleeting

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• Somebody else's ignorance is bliss.

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  Ignorancia, dicha, la ignorancia es dicha

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• I suspect that the word (art) was invented by second-rate intelligences to describe the incomprehensible activities of their betters.

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  Art, Rate, Activity

  "Showboat World" by Jack Vance, DAW Books, (p. 111), 1981.

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• Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.

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  Loss, Garments, Existence

  Jack Vance (2000). “Cugel the Clever: (previously titled The Eyes of the Overworld)”, p.235, Macmillan

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