Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 3 “Fever” (p. 48).
“155. Good words are worth much, and cost little.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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