“Now here is a treasure, Averroës Commentaries on Aristotle in a tolerable translation from the Arabic by Gerard of Cremona.”

—  Michael Swanwick , book Jack Faust

He lasciviously stroked the red leather boards, knowing well how his pupil ached for the chance to pore through it. “A liar’s gloss on a liar’s lies. Surely this is a rare criminal.”
Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 1, “Trinity” (p. 7)

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