# Quote — Jack Vance, Big Planet

> A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

- Author: [Jack Vance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance.md)
- Book: [Big Planet](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/big-planet.md)
- Page: 31
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Vance#Big_Planet_(1957)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/big-planet/a-barbarian-is-not

## More from this book

> Now was the present, now was the time containing that sweet union of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, spirit, will and imagination named Nancy.

p. 80 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/big-planet/now-was-the.md)

> The merchant voiced an inarticulate protest. Glystra glared at him, “Do you think I trust you?”
>
> “Trust?” said the merchant with a puzzled expression. “Trust? What word is that?” And he tested it several times more.

p. 167 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/big-planet/the-merchant-voiced.md)