# Quote — Jack Vance, Vandals of the Void

> “My father says I have too much curiosity for my own good.”
>
> Captain Henshaw chuckled. “He’s wrong there; too much curiosity never hurt anyone. When a boy has too little, that’s the time to start worrying.”

- Author: [Jack Vance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance.md)
- Book: [Vandals of the Void](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/vandals-of-the-void.md)
- Page: 16
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/vandals-of-the-void/my-father-says

## More from this book

> If the dictators and militarists who used to start wars had to earn by manual labor what their wars cost, there would have been very few wars.

p. 31 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/vandals-of-the-void/if-the-dictators.md)

> You can’t convict or even accuse a man of criminal activity just because he looks peculiar; otherwise, three-quarters of us would be in jail.

p. 142 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/vandals-of-the-void/you-cant-convict.md)