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“There was an omnipresent sense of crisis.”

Quote by Fritz Leiber

Book:The wanderer

Work

This book follows the journey of a protagonist as they embark on a quest for meaning and adventure, traversing unknown landscapes and encountering diverse characters. more

Author

Fritz Leiber was an American film writer known for his fantasy and science fiction works. His unique style and engaging storytelling have made him a beloved author among readers. more

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“The gods spend the wealth the universe gathers, they scan the wonders and fling them to nothingness. That's why they're the gods! I told you they were devils.”

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“The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless.”

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“Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization. We must put question marks along many of our inherited legal dogmas, since they are dangerously out of line with social facts.”

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“Every lawyer of experience comes to know (more or less unconsciously) that in the great majority of cases, the precedents are none too good as bases of prediction. Somehow or other, there are plenty of precedents to go around.”

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“To the somnambulist, sleep-walking may seem more pleasant and less hazardous than wakeful walking, but the latter is the wiser mode of locomotion in the congested traffic of a modern community. It is about time to abandon judicial somnambulism.”

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“Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.”

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