Some are true gentlemen everywhere; the problem is to pick them out of the mass. - L. Sprague de Camp
" "Some are true gentlemen everywhere; the problem is to pick them out of the mass.
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About L. Sprague de Camp
(November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Lyon Sprague de Camp
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L. Sprague De Camp
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J. Wellington Wells
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I soon found, however, that most of these parties bored me to tears. These magnates are not really such villains as the poor are wont to think them; their worst fault is dullness. They talk about their games and sports, their children and relatives, their purchases and sales, their aches and pains, and they talk about them over and over.
I must be stupid," I said. "I don't doubt that his talk is full of profound hidden truths, but I find it terribly hard to understand."
Dikaiarchos laughed. "I'll tell you a secret, Chares. I cannot understand it, either."
"You, sir?"
"Yes. It may be that we are both stupid, or it may be that there is nothing to understand. It is a good practical rule that, if a man cannot explain himself in terms that any reasonably intelligent listener can comprehend, he doesn't know what he is talking about himself.
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