Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 2309 | "What happened?" she View more quotes about asked">asked. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 2306 | Laws cannot validly be passed against facts. |
| 25 | 2307 | Any such law is automatically null and void. |
| 25 | 2308 | It is like the English king who in the legend sat upon the beach and forbade the incoming waves to touch his robes". |
| 25 | 2309 | "What happened?" she asked. |
| 25 | 2310 | "He got wet," I said. |
| 25 | 2311 | "To be sure, he may have ordered the waves beaten, but, as far as we know, the ocean failed to take note of this". |
| 25 | 2312 | "At least he moved before he was drowned," she said. |
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Laws cannot validly be passed against facts.
Any such law is automatically null and void.
It is like the English king who in the legend sat upon the beach and forbade the incoming waves to touch his robes".
"What happened?" she asked.
"He got wet," I said.
"To be sure, he may have ordered the waves beaten, but, as far as we know, the ocean failed to take note of this".
"At least he moved before he was drowned," she said.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)