“You are a valuable subject, Brodrig. You always suspect far more than is necessary, and I have but to take half your suggested precautions to be utterly safe.”

—  Isaac Asimov

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation and Empire (1952), Chapter 4 “The Emperor”

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