“Adam Reith, you have made a serious mistake.” Reith nodded grimly. “Instead of an honest man I hired you.” - Jack Vance

The symbologist made a cryptic sign. “That remains to be seen, as the cat said who voided into the sugar bowl.”

“My father says I have too much curiosity for my own good.”
Captain Henshaw chuckled. “He’s wrong there; too much curiosity never hurt anyone. When a boy has too little, that’s the time to start worrying.”

Banish Evil from the world? Nonsense! Encourage it, foster it, sponsor it. The world owes Evil a debt beyond imagination. Think! Without greed ambition falters. Without vanity art becomes idle musing. Without cruelty benevolence lapses to passivity. Superstition has shamed man into self-reliance and, without stupidity, where would be the savor of superior understanding?