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Quote on a picture of Alcatraz Island.

“An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.” — Jack Vance, Cugel

Author YahooeyPosted on August 28, 2022August 26, 2022Categories QuotationsTags 20/20 hindsight, foreknowledge, hindsight, Jack VanceLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote on a picture of the so-called Temple of Diana in Nîmes, France.

“I challenge Destiny, yes, but I do not leap off cliffs.” — Jack Vance, Cugel

Author YahooeyPosted on April 14, 2022April 12, 2022Categories QuotationsTags destiny, Jack VanceLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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When you demand the nature of my motives, you reveal the style of your thinking to be callow, captious, superficial, craven, uncertain and impudent.

“When you demand the nature of my motives, you reveal the style of your thinking to be callow, captious, superficial, craven, uncertain and impudent.” — Jack Vance, The Languages of Pao

Author YahooeyPosted on August 28, 2015July 26, 2015Categories QuotationsTags callow, captious, craven, impudence, Jack Vance, motives, revealing, superficial, The Languages of Pao, uncertain2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.

“There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.” — Jack Vance, The Languages of Pao

Author YahooeyPosted on August 28, 2013March 26, 2017Categories QuotationsTags absolutes, certainty, Jack Vance, probability, success, The Languages of PaoLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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