Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 932 | And it is not unoften the View more quotes about case">case that such a common wench, of which little is expected, bought originally perhaps with the mere object of keeping her for a week or so and then reselling her, will be discovered to be an astounding value. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 929 | "I see," I said. |
| 25 | 930 | "The daughter of a ubar may bring ten thousand pieces of gold in a private sale," said the hostess, "but, as a woman, as a mere female on a chain, she may be worth far less than thousands of wenches one might lead home for a few copper tarsks". |
| 25 | 931 | "That is true," I said. |
| 25 | 932 | And it is not unoften the case that such a common wench, of which little is expected, bought originally perhaps with the mere object of keeping her for a week or so and then reselling her, will be discovered to be an astounding value. |
| 25 | 933 | Fortunate is the master who gets so much for so little. |
| 25 | 934 | Fortunate is he who discovers that for his pittance he has purchased a treasure. |
| 25 | 935 | He does not take her back in a week. |
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"I see," I said.
"The daughter of a ubar may bring ten thousand pieces of gold in a private sale," said the hostess, "but, as a woman, as a mere female on a chain, she may be worth far less than thousands of wenches one might lead home for a few copper tarsks".
"That is true," I said.
And it is not unoften the case that such a common wench, of which little is expected, bought originally perhaps with the mere object of keeping her for a week or so and then reselling her, will be discovered to be an astounding value.
Fortunate is the master who gets so much for so little.
Fortunate is he who discovers that for his pittance he has purchased a treasure.
He does not take her back in a week.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)