Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 616 | Their anchors, they fear, are View more quotes about straw">straw; their props, they fear, are reeds. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 613 | Ultimately it is little more, if anything, than a concatenation of words, a verbal formula. |
| 17 | 614 | Men often fear to inquire into their nature. |
| 17 | 615 | They tuck them away, and then content themselves with other concerns. |
| 17 | 616 | Their anchors, they fear, are straw; their props, they fear, are reeds. |
| 17 | 617 | Truth is praised, and judiciously avoided. |
| 17 | 618 | Is this not human cleverness at its most remarkable? Who knows in what way the sword of truth will cut? Some men, it seems, would rather die for their beliefs than analyze them. |
| 17 | 619 | I guess that it must be a very frightening thing to inquire into one's beliefs. |
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Ultimately it is little more, if anything, than a concatenation of words, a verbal formula.
Men often fear to inquire into their nature.
They tuck them away, and then content themselves with other concerns.
Their anchors, they fear, are straw; their props, they fear, are reeds.
Truth is praised, and judiciously avoided.
Is this not human cleverness at its most remarkable? Who knows in what way the sword of truth will cut? Some men, it seems, would rather die for their beliefs than analyze them.
I guess that it must be a very frightening thing to inquire into one's beliefs.
- (Savages of Gor)