Jack Vance Quote

I was trained in the old tradition! We found our strength in the basic verities, to which you, as a patrician, must surely subscribe. Am I right in this?
Absolutely, and in all respects! declared Cugel. Recognizing, of course, that these fundamental verities vary from region to region, and even from person to person.


Chapter 3, section 2, "Faucelme" - Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels - Cugel's Saga (1983)


I was trained in the old tradition! We found our strength in the basic verities, to which you, as a patrician, must surely subscribe. Am I right in...

I was trained in the old tradition! We found our strength in the basic verities, to which you, as a patrician, must surely subscribe. Am I right in...

I was trained in the old tradition! We found our strength in the basic verities, to which you, as a patrician, must surely subscribe. Am I right in...

I was trained in the old tradition! We found our strength in the basic verities, to which you, as a patrician, must surely subscribe. Am I right in...