Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 23 | 139 | One who limits oneself solely to defense, and is unwilling to attack, View more quotes about obviously">obviously can never win. |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 23 | 136 | For one thing the antagonist, emboldened, may press more and more dangerous attacks, far more difficult to avert than if he were subject to the necessity of protecting himself. |
| 23 | 137 | Secondly, of course, one's defense might falter or become imperfect, particularly over time. |
| 23 | 138 | Obviously the consequences of even a moment's inadvertence in the dialogue of blades could be irremediable. |
| 23 | 139 | One who limits oneself solely to defense, and is unwilling to attack, obviously can never win. |
| 23 | 140 | Too, sooner or later, it seems, he must be doomed to lose. |
| 23 | 141 | There is no wall so strong that it will not one day crumble. |
| 23 | 142 | Kliomenes returned to his place, and I, replacing the table to its original position, returned, too, to my place. |
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For one thing the antagonist, emboldened, may press more and more dangerous attacks, far more difficult to avert than if he were subject to the necessity of protecting himself.
Secondly, of course, one's defense might falter or become imperfect, particularly over time.
Obviously the consequences of even a moment's inadvertence in the dialogue of blades could be irremediable.
One who limits oneself solely to defense, and is unwilling to attack, obviously can never win.
Too, sooner or later, it seems, he must be doomed to lose.
There is no wall so strong that it will not one day crumble.
Kliomenes returned to his place, and I, replacing the table to its original position, returned, too, to my place.
- (Rogue of Gor)