# Quote — Jack Vance, The Dying Earth

> "What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously.
>
> "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue."

- Author: [Jack Vance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance.md)
- Book: [The Dying Earth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/the-dying-earth.md)
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