47 books
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50 voters
1947
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And Ningauble began to sort out in his mind the details of the Mouser's story, treasuring it the more because he knew it was an improvisation, his favorite proverb being, "He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows.
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― Swords in the Mist
― Swords in the Mist
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There is always a simple way of saying things," said Fafhrd ominously.
"But there is where I differ with you," returned the adept, almost animatedly. "There are no ways of saying certain things, and others are so difficult that a man pines and dies before the right words are found. One must borrow phrases from the sky, words from beyond the stars. Else were all an ignorant, imprisoning mockery.
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― Swords in the Mist
― Swords in the Mist
