Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 38 | 101 | View more quotes about among">Among them, often unnoted, are the meretricious diversion, the false trail, the calculated deceit, the sowing of lies, the deliberate misdirection. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 38 | 98 | Knowledge is often more precious than gold, information more valuable than jewels. |
| 38 | 99 | Who means you well, and who means you ill? What are the parameters of time and space? How swiftly may troops be moved, and over what distances? Where is water in the desert? When, given ice and storms, can mountain passes be negotiated? Should one attack or defend, advance or withdraw? The dark is dangerous; one seeks to buy light. |
| 38 | 100 | The gambits of espionage are many and ancient. |
| 38 | 101 | Among them, often unnoted, are the meretricious diversion, the false trail, the calculated deceit, the sowing of lies, the deliberate misdirection. |
| 38 | 102 | Markers can be turned or moved; maps can lie. |
| 38 | 103 | Falsity believed can draw blood and conjure disaster. |
| 38 | 104 | The role of the spy or informant, witting or unwitting, is not always the acquisition of information; it can extend, as well, to the propagation of misinformation. |
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Knowledge is often more precious than gold, information more valuable than jewels.
Who means you well, and who means you ill? What are the parameters of time and space? How swiftly may troops be moved, and over what distances? Where is water in the desert? When, given ice and storms, can mountain passes be negotiated? Should one attack or defend, advance or withdraw? The dark is dangerous; one seeks to buy light.
The gambits of espionage are many and ancient.
Among them, often unnoted, are the meretricious diversion, the false trail, the calculated deceit, the sowing of lies, the deliberate misdirection.
Markers can be turned or moved; maps can lie.
Falsity believed can draw blood and conjure disaster.
The role of the spy or informant, witting or unwitting, is not always the acquisition of information; it can extend, as well, to the propagation of misinformation.
- (Quarry of Gor)