Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 7 | 259 | "View more quotes about surely">Surely," said Tyrtaios, "the rational man weighs risk against gain, and recognizes that even considerable risk is more than outweighed by the prospect of prodigious gain". |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 256 | I did not understand his words. |
| 7 | 257 | I knew there was a pretty price on the pretty head of the slave, Alcinoë, once the Lady Flavia of Ar, once confidante of the former Ubara, Talena, but it was scarcely enough to enrich several hundred men, mariners and soldiers, Pani, and others. |
| 7 | 258 | "Division at sea," said Andronicus, "as fire at sea, is a hazard no rational man will countenance". |
| 7 | 259 | "Surely," said Tyrtaios, "the rational man weighs risk against gain, and recognizes that even considerable risk is more than outweighed by the prospect of prodigious gain". |
| 7 | 260 | "I signed articles," said Andronicus. |
| 7 | 261 | "I hear steps on the companionway," I said. |
| 7 | 262 | We fell silent. |
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I did not understand his words.
I knew there was a pretty price on the pretty head of the slave, Alcinoë, once the Lady Flavia of Ar, once confidante of the former Ubara, Talena, but it was scarcely enough to enrich several hundred men, mariners and soldiers, Pani, and others.
"Division at sea," said Andronicus, "as fire at sea, is a hazard no rational man will countenance".
"Surely," said Tyrtaios, "the rational man weighs risk against gain, and recognizes that even considerable risk is more than outweighed by the prospect of prodigious gain".
"I signed articles," said Andronicus.
"I hear steps on the companionway," I said.
We fell silent.
- (Mariners of Gor)