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1 " I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence. "
― Lindsey Davis , Enemies at Home (Flavia Albia Mystery, #2)
2 " Have any sheep been seen walking out of the Library with seagoing adventurers clinging to their wool? "
― Lindsey Davis , Alexandria (Marcus Didius Falco, #19)
3 " Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return. "
― Lindsey Davis , The Course of Honor
4 " Sometimes you run away by yourself purely so someone who cares will come to find you. Half the time nobody does. That's the tragedy of life. "
― Lindsey Davis , The Ides of April (Flavia Albia Mystery, #1)
5 " You could tell those two had been married by the way that she ignored him. "
― Lindsey Davis , Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco, #2)
6 " The plumber plodded along in silence, like a man who has learned to be polite to lunatics through dealing with civil engineers. "
7 " 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. "
― Lindsey Davis , The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
8 " In my experience, men who sit in corners are the ones to watch. "
9 " He listened with the mild demeanour of a man who had waited eight years for his town council to draw up a specification for emergency repairs. "
10 " Some men are born lucky. Others are born Marcus Didius Falco. "
11 " I had been right in the first place. Getting involved with politicians is complete stupidity. "
― Lindsey Davis , Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco, #3)
12 " No woman who builds a career on hard work and talent will ever compliment a much younger one who uses the shallow gift of her looks. "
― Lindsey Davis , The Third Nero (Flavia Albia Mystery #5)
13 " She called me a rat.’ ‘Oh yes, I gathered you two were very close! "
14 " Emperors may come and go, bringing more or less chaos, but the bureaucrats keep the wheels turning. "
15 " popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command. "
16 " But, remember, a tyrant hates to admit he is one,’ Faustus said quietly. ‘The worse he is, the more he claims – and even believes – that traditional religion and democracy matter to him deeply and determine all his actions. "
― Lindsey Davis , Deadly Election (Flavia Albia Mystery, #3)
17 " Dictators love to talk. It is remarkable how men who wield excessive sole power will be consistent in this: Given a captive audience, they all drone on for hours. And hours. The human brain can only concentrate for twenty minutes, ask any teacher. Dictators have rarely been despatched on a training course to learn that simple fact. Many dictators are completely untrained; tyranny comes to them naturally. "
― Lindsey Davis , Invitation to Die: A Novella of Ancient Rome
18 " When they speak, everything else stops. Nobody dares interrupt. Everyone sits looking rapt, hanging on these words of wisdom even while they are wondering what the flowing tirade really means. Clearly it is their own inadequacy if they are not transported into astounding inspiration by the demagogue’s words of wisdom, so many words, so long in the delivery.… No one can leave. "
19 " I like my women in a few wisps of drapery: then I can hope for a chance to remove the wisps. "
20 " It struck me there might be a reason why Helena Justina whipped along at such a cracking pace: she did not want to be stuck in the wilderness with my corpse. I thanked Jove for her ruthless good sense. I did not want my corpse to be stuck with her in any case. "
