They were not beggars; well, not in the usual sense. They w… - Lindsey Davis

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They were not beggars; well, not in the usual sense. They were Christians, who wanted not just my nephews' money but their souls.

Lindsey Davis

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Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire.

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Mark Twain Robert A. Heinlein George Bernard Shaw Jonathan Swift Lois McMaster Bujold

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'Do you want a cretin or a meddler?'
'Which is better for us?'
'Whoever gets the larger backhander.'
'We won't pay. We are going for probity.'
'Can't afford true justice, eh?'

I like my women in a few wisps of drapery: then I can hope for a chance to remove the wisps. If they start out with nothing I tend to get depressed because either they have just stripped off for someone else or, in my line of work, they are usually dead.

Justice never paid a poor man's bills.

They were not beggars; well, not in the usual sense. They were Christians, who wanted not just my nephews' money but their souls. - Lindsey Davis

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