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

Jack Vance

#Men Quotes #Rope Quotes #Break Quotes

“I truly believe the book of philosophy to be that which stands perpetually open before our eyes, though since it is written in characters different from those of our alphabet it cannot be read by everyone.”
“If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself.”
“Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just. Why do sinners' ways prosper? and why must Disappointment all I endeavour end?”
“If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too.”
“One hates a person for the same reason one loves himÂ ”
“I view the art scene as an industry which is slowly developing. These days, technology has mad the world smaller. Meaning that information is a website away.”
“The public service is not a serial child-snatcher”
“He would have liked to know that somebody wanted to keep him alive, that someone remembered him. He used to say that we exist as long as somebody remembers us.”

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