# Quote — R. A. Lafferty, Space Chantey

> Roadstrum had always believed that he had troubles enough of his own. He seldom borrowed trouble, and never on usurious terms. He knew that it was a solid thing that sheep do not gather in taverns and drink beer, not even potato beer; that they do not sing, not even badly; that they do not tell stories. But a stranger can easily make trouble for himself on a strange world by challenging local customs.
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> "But I am the greet Roadstrum," he said, suddenly and loudly. "I am a great one for winning justice for the lowly, and I do not scare easily. I threw the great Atlas at the wrestle, and who else can say as much? I suffer from the heroic sickness every third day about nightfall, and I am not sure whether this is the third day or not. I say you are men and not sheep. I say: Arise and be men indeed!"
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> "It has been tried before," said Roadstrum's friend, the sheep, "and it didn't work."
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> "You have tried a revolt, and it failed?"
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> "No, no, another man tried to incite us to revolt, and failed."

- Author: [R. A. Lafferty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty.md)
- Book: [Space Chantey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty/space-chantey.md)
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