Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 789 | Should not, View more quotes about rather">rather, one be more ashamed by deceit than the truth? Can there truly be a greater honor in hypocrisy than in honesty? It does not seem so. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 20 | 786 | "I thought long after our conversation," he said. |
| 20 | 787 | "You had dared to confess your slave needs, and this had shamed you, and it had scandalized me. |
| 20 | 788 | But, why, I asked myself. |
| 20 | 789 | Should not, rather, one be more ashamed by deceit than the truth? Can there truly be a greater honor in hypocrisy than in honesty? It does not seem so. |
| 20 | 790 | I then realized how bravely you had trusted me and revealed this to me. |
| 20 | 791 | My outrage gave way to gratitude and admiration. |
| 20 | 792 | Similarly, I asked myself, why was I scandalized. |
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"I thought long after our conversation," he said.
"You had dared to confess your slave needs, and this had shamed you, and it had scandalized me.
But, why, I asked myself.
Should not, rather, one be more ashamed by deceit than the truth? Can there truly be a greater honor in hypocrisy than in honesty? It does not seem so.
I then realized how bravely you had trusted me and revealed this to me.
My outrage gave way to gratitude and admiration.
Similarly, I asked myself, why was I scandalized.
- (Guardsman of Gor)