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"Most rational men," I said, "will be reluctant to commit themselves to a lost cause, to expend themselves in such a cause, particularly if the cause is not their own. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 23, Sentence #114)

"I would like to speak my mind clearly," I said. "I assume I may do so". "Certainly," said Cabot. "Most rational men," I said, "will be reluctant to commit themselves to a lost cause, to expend themselves in such a cause, particularly if the cause is not their own. Our men, who are mercenaries, and hired as such, save for the Pani, prefer to choose their wars intelligently, to weigh odds, to balance gold carefully against blood, to fight for a presumed victory, with loot and pay in the offing, not for defeat, not for the chains of a slave, not for a likely death in a strange land, amongst an alien folk". "These things are clear to me," said Cabot. "On the beach," I said, "they have met the foe, and have some sense of his prowess and numbers". - (Mariners of Gor)