Avram Davidson, Rogue Dragon (1965) Chapter VIII (p. 81)
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There was an inn...which kept no register of...a number of seamstresses and tailors who lacked time and place and perhaps inclination to weave the cloths they cut and sewed, depending instead on the activities of those who preferred not to vex the original owners with the tiresome bookkeeping inseparable from purchase.

— Avram Davidson on Bookkeeping

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There was an inn...which kept no register of...a number of seamstresses and tailors who lacked time and place and perhaps inclination to weave the cloths they cut and sewed, depending instead on the activities of those who preferred not to vex the original owners with the tiresome bookkeeping inseparable from purchase." in the context of "Avram Davidson, Rogue Dragon (1965) Chapter VIII (p. 81)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Avram Davidson

About Avram Davidson

Avram Davidson (April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993) was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction.