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> [“They are fools that think that wealth or women or strong drink or even drugs can buy the most in effort out of the soul of a man. These things offer pale pleasures compared to that which is greatest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/they-are-fools-that-think-that-wealth-or-women-or-strong-drink-or/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

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> [“They are fools that think that wealth or women or strong drink or even drugs can buy the most in effort out of the soul of a man. These things offer pale pleasures compared to that which is greatest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/they-are-fools-that-think-that-wealth-or-women-or-strong-drink-or-2/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

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## More by Gordon R. Dickson

> [“They are fools that think that wealth or women or strong drink or even drugs can buy the most in effort out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/they-are-fools-that-think-that-wealth-or-women-or-strong-drink-or/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/a-camel-is-a-horse-designed-by-a-committee-and-a-committee-s-a-sweet/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [Now our world is at the present time firmly in the grip of a mechanical monster, whose head - if you want to call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/now-our-world-is-at-the-present-time-firmly-in-the-grip-of-a/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [“Like most people who knew themselves to be naturally favored with intelligence, his natural ego had led him unconsciously to doubt that there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/like-most-people-who-knew-themselves-to-be-naturally-favored-with/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [“I, wanderer, stand awaiting the signal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/i-wanderer-stand-awaiting-the-signal/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [Unrivalled not only in its class, but in a class by itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/unrivalled-not-only-in-its-class-but-in-a-class-by-itself/)

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> [“They are fools that think that wealth or women or strong drink or even drugs can buy the most in effort out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/they-are-fools-that-think-that-wealth-or-women-or-strong-drink-or-2/)

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> [“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/trouble-rather-the-tiger-in-his-lair-than-the-sage-among-his-books/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [ “\[M\]y ancient weird woke again in me.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/m-y-ancient-weird-woke-again-in-me/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [“Sir Brian told him in fulsome scatological terms what he could do with his lineage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/sir-brian-told-him-in-fulsome-scatological-terms-what-he-could-do/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [“It was the centuries-old battle of man to keep his race alive and push forward into the future, the ceaseless, furious struggle of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/it-was-the-centuries-old-battle-of-man-to-keep-his-race-alive-and/)

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> [Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/some-people-like-my-advice-so-much-that-they-frame-it-upon-the-wall/)

[Gordon R. Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-r-dickson/)

> [“There was a minority among the human race, as there always had been, that found comfort in trading a personal freedom of mind and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/there-was-a-minority-among-the-human-race-as-there-always-had-been/)

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> [A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/a-faith-holder-puts-himself-below-his-faith-and-lets-it-guide-his/)

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> [“There never was a throne yet built so high that it could not be rocked by laughter from below.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-r-dickson/there-never-was-a-throne-yet-built-so-high-that-it-could-not-be/)

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