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“Past glories are poor feeding.”
“Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. ”
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
“Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning”
“Somewhere on the world was the Emperor's palace, set amid one hundred square miles of natural soil, rainbowed with flowers.”
“I shall not be alive a half decade hence, said Seldon, and yet it is of overpowering concern to me. Call it idealism. Call it an identification of myself with that mystical generalization to which ...”
“In the empty expanses of space, the wandering traders need men like myself to care for the spiritual side of a life so given over to commerce, and worldly pursuits.”
“And just how did you arrive at that remarkable conclusion, Mr. Mayor?""In a rather simple way. It merely required the use of that much-neglected commodity -- common sense. You see, there is a branc...”
