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1 " 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)
2 " In my experience, men who sit in corners are the ones to watch. "
3 " Some men are born lucky. Others are born Marcus Didius Falco. "
4 " I like my women in a few wisps of drapery: then I can hope for a chance to remove the wisps. "
5 " 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. "
6 " Aprender una lengua extraña: asimilas nociones de gramática, vocabulario básico y un acento espantoso que apenas sirve para que te entiendan. Te esfuerzas durante años y de repente, sin saber por qué, todo fluye, captas cómo funciona... "
7 " Falco readers are, I must say, the most strikingly nice group of people. "
8 " Los banquetes de Vespasiano eran realmente chapados a la antigua. Las camareras se dejaban la ropa puesta y el emperador jamás envenenaba los alimentos. "
9 " You know nothing about me, Falco," she muttered in a low voice.I whipped back, more intensely than I meant, "But oh my soul, I wanted to find out! "
