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> [“A lesser man might have begrudged him that, but remembering the old adage, "The finder’s goods shall he retain / Nor mind the loser’s dreadful pain," I rejoiced, rather, in his good fortune.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/a-lesser-man-might-have-begrudged-him-that-but-remembering-the-old/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

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## More by Vinnie Tesla

> [“Tesla,” the vicar mused. “That’s a foreign name, is it not? Hungarian, is it?” “Serbian,” I corrected him. “I’m afraid the ——shire Teslas are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/tesla-the-vicar-mused-that-s-a-foreign-name-is-it-not-hungarian-is-it/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

> [“Perhaps if you were to refrain from deploying the phrase ‘ignorant buffoon’ with a liberality most writers reserve for ‘it’ and ‘the,’ you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/perhaps-if-you-were-to-refrain-from-deploying-the-phrase-ignorant/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

> [“Fiction inhabits the zone between the real and the impossible. The tug of those two poles is what gives it motion, vitality. Tethering fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/fiction-inhabits-the-zone-between-the-real-and-the-impossible-the-tug/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

> [“I am certain you are not one of those dreary fellows one reads of who demands that their lady friends be in possession of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/i-am-certain-you-are-not-one-of-those-dreary-fellows-one-reads-of-who/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

> [“I work hard to stay cynical enough! I keep my expectations of our culture and our leaders low, low, low, and I do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/i-work-hard-to-stay-cynical-enough-i-keep-my-expectations-of-our/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

> [“A lesser man might have begrudged him that, but remembering the old adage, "The finder’s goods shall he retain / Nor mind the loser’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/a-lesser-man-might-have-begrudged-him-that-but-remembering-the-old/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

> [“Our culture teaches that sex is for the sexy, and the only way to be sexy is to be pretty. No wait--that's still too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/our-culture-teaches-that-sex-is-for-the-sexy-and-the-only-way-to-be/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

> [“Celibacy is the Tesla family secret, passed down through the generations.” “Celibacy, passed down through the generations?”Victor asked dryly. I flushed. “Its efficacy is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinnie-tesla/celibacy-is-the-tesla-family-secret-passed-down-through-the/)

[Vinnie Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinnie-tesla/)

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