Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 21 | 598 | The man of View more quotes about earth">Earth, I suppose, might regard the typical Gorean as naive or stupid in this particular. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 21 | 595 | Choosing between illicit gain and a besmirchment of honor most Goreans would forgo the illicit gain. |
| 21 | 596 | Their honor is more important to them. |
| 21 | 597 | Perhaps that sounds strange to many of Earth, but it is the Gorean way. |
| 21 | 598 | The man of Earth, I suppose, might regard the typical Gorean as naive or stupid in this particular. |
| 21 | 599 | The Gorean, on the other hand, would regard the man of Earth who might disagree with him in this matter as being strange or incomprehensible, and worse, perhaps even unworthy of his manhood, and certainly unworthy of a Home Stone. |
| 21 | 600 | Even Gorean merchants, whom no one in his right mind could accuse of being immune to the allurements of wealth, will, almost invariably, choose honor over profit. |
| 21 | 601 | His ideal, of course, is to manage things in such a way as to obtain the one and keep the other. |
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Choosing between illicit gain and a besmirchment of honor most Goreans would forgo the illicit gain.
Their honor is more important to them.
Perhaps that sounds strange to many of Earth, but it is the Gorean way.
The man of Earth, I suppose, might regard the typical Gorean as naive or stupid in this particular.
The Gorean, on the other hand, would regard the man of Earth who might disagree with him in this matter as being strange or incomprehensible, and worse, perhaps even unworthy of his manhood, and certainly unworthy of a Home Stone.
Even Gorean merchants, whom no one in his right mind could accuse of being immune to the allurements of wealth, will, almost invariably, choose honor over profit.
His ideal, of course, is to manage things in such a way as to obtain the one and keep the other.
- (Guardsman of Gor)