Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 499 | Such an insult, stinging as it would be, would not View more quotes about serve">serve any particular purpose at the moment, for example, stirring a foe to a fury of vengeance which might lead to miscalculation on his part. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 15 | 496 | "I would not risk men in such an unnecessary and gratuitous enterprise. |
| 15 | 497 | My major concern is with the expeditious and efficient attainment of certain ultimate objectives. |
| 15 | 498 | I seldom indulge in the gratifications of such transient vanities unless they lead to these objectives, or, at the least, are not inimical to their attainment. |
| 15 | 499 | Such an insult, stinging as it would be, would not serve any particular purpose at the moment, for example, stirring a foe to a fury of vengeance which might lead to miscalculation on his part. |
| 15 | 500 | In this particular situation it would presumably only make it more difficult to deal with the Polemarkos, to whom I must soon give the appearance of inviting bona-fide negotiation". |
| 15 | 501 | "No, no, no," whispered the girl. |
| 15 | 502 | "In that way you will delay attacks and buy time," I said. |
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"I would not risk men in such an unnecessary and gratuitous enterprise.
My major concern is with the expeditious and efficient attainment of certain ultimate objectives.
I seldom indulge in the gratifications of such transient vanities unless they lead to these objectives, or, at the least, are not inimical to their attainment.
Such an insult, stinging as it would be, would not serve any particular purpose at the moment, for example, stirring a foe to a fury of vengeance which might lead to miscalculation on his part.
In this particular situation it would presumably only make it more difficult to deal with the Polemarkos, to whom I must soon give the appearance of inviting bona-fide negotiation".
"No, no, no," whispered the girl.
"In that way you will delay attacks and buy time," I said.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)