Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 298 | Wars could be fought with many View more quotes about weapons">weapons, and one of the most effective was to induce the foe to defeat himself. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 295 | "Impossible," I said. |
| 2 | 296 | I had been in Ar. |
| 2 | 297 | I had seen her helplessness and degradation, even how her citizenry was being taught to acclaim their conquerors, to blame themselves for the faults of others, to seek forgiveness for crimes of which they themselves were the victims. |
| 2 | 298 | Wars could be fought with many weapons, and one of the most effective was to induce the foe to defeat himself. |
| 2 | 299 | And so men, defeated and disarmed, must learn to rejoice in their weakness, and commend it as virtue. |
| 2 | 300 | Every society has its weaklings and cowards. |
| 2 | 301 | But not every society is taught to celebrate them as its wisest and noblest, its boldest and bravest. |
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"Impossible," I said.
I had been in Ar.
I had seen her helplessness and degradation, even how her citizenry was being taught to acclaim their conquerors, to blame themselves for the faults of others, to seek forgiveness for crimes of which they themselves were the victims.
Wars could be fought with many weapons, and one of the most effective was to induce the foe to defeat himself.
And so men, defeated and disarmed, must learn to rejoice in their weakness, and commend it as virtue.
Every society has its weaklings and cowards.
But not every society is taught to celebrate them as its wisest and noblest, its boldest and bravest.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)