# Quote — Murray Leinster, The Pirates of Zan

> From the Near Rim to the farthest of occupied systems, planets circled their suns, and men lived on them, and every man took himself seriously and did not quite believe that the universe had existed before he was born or would long survive his loss.

- Author: [Murray Leinster](https://www.leafyquotes.com/murray-leinster.md)
- Book: [The Pirates of Zan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/murray-leinster/the-pirates-of-zan.md)
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> He irritably suspected himself of a tendency to make enemies unnecessarily.

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> The hearts of the rich are hardened. The existence of the poor is a reproach to them.

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