As the Persians say, kindness to the lion is cruelty to the lamb. - L. Sprague de Camp

I've been looking forward to serious talks with you, O philosopher, but I have been over-busy with my duties."
"You'll be frightfully disappointed. I gnaw at people's basic assumptions, and most folk loathe having their basic assumptions disturbed."
"I fear no truth, however painful.

Kanadas, watching from the rail, said: “I wish I go with them.” A tear ran down his dark face. “It is against my religion to travel over sea.”
“Everything’s against your religion, laddie,” I said.
“Of course. That shows it is very pure, moral religion.”

There is nothing so dangerous as an ignorant and frightened man.