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Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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18 102 Turning it, I closed the great gate behind me, thinking it wise to protect the secret of the tunnel as long as possible.
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Book 2. (2 results) Outlaw of Gor

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6 25 As was wise, I avoided cities in my long journey, though I passed several, for to enter a city without permission or without satisfactory reason is tantamount to a capital crime, and the punishment is usually a swift and brutal impalement.
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20 3 Before starting for the mountains, it seemed wise to improve my equipment.
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Book 3. (4 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

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4 66 "That was wise of you," he said.
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27 112 I could not to my emotional satisfaction conjecture the ancientness of this people on which I gazed, and I could but dimly understand their powers, what they might feel, what they might hope or dream, supposing that so old and wise a people were still akin to the simple dream, the vagrant, insuppres...
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30 35 Kusk, who was a wise Priest-King and perhaps aware of the psychology of humans, turned to Parp.
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34 58 "But," said Matthew Cabot, "I think it would be wise to speak little of these matters".
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Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor

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8 28 I think that those of the Wagons who instituted the Omen Year, more than a thousand years ago, were wise men.
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12 254 It would not have been wise, of course, for even were she successful, her consequent hideous death at the hands of the Clan of Torturers would probably, all things considered, have made her act something of a bad bargain.
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13 37 "She was wise to return," said Kamchak.
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16 151 Since we have been in touch with him and have informed him of the well, we deemed it wise to mount a guard nearby—fortunately, as it seems".
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21 211 He had done the wise thing.
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23 184 "You are wise," said Harold.
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26 438 He added, "It was wise of them, for the Wagon Peoples are among the farthest and most fierce of the Goreans, living free hundreds of pasangs from all cities, save Turia".
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Book 5. (6 results) Assassin of Gor

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3 1 The Game When I deemed it wise to depart from Vella, I knotted her yellow slave livery about her neck and cried out, "Begone, Slave!" and then slapped my hands together at which juncture she let forth a howl as though she had been struck, and then, blubbering hysterically and crying out, she scrambl...
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3 39 Further, in order to gain Players, the master, if wise, occasionally loses a game, which is expensive at the normal odds; and the game must be lost subtly, that the amateur must believe he has won.
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5 34 I decided it would not be wise to insist that a lock be placed on the door.
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14 82 "I suppose Caprus is wise to trust no one".
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15 7 More than once I had called on Caprus myself, though it was perhaps not wise, to urge him to speed in his work, or to permit me to transmit portions of the documents he was copying to the Sardar.
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22 36 It is not wise to interfere with the feeding of a tarn.
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Book 6. (13 results) Raiders of Gor

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8 536 What could there be that could stand above the steel blade? Was not honor a sham, loyalty and courage a deceit, an illusion of the ignorant, a dream of fools? Was not the only wise man he who observed carefully and when he might took what he could? The determinants of the wise man could not be such ...
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7 50 The slavers of Port Kar, being in their way wise men, seldom betray and enslave those such as Henrak, who have served them so well.
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10 113 They were wise to have made themselves my men.
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11 170 I expected that there would be support for this position, both from men like myself, self-seeking men, wise in political realities, and from the inevitable and useful fools, abundant even in Port Kar, hoping simply for a saner and more efficient governance of their city.
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11 171 It seemed the interests of wise men and fools lay for once conjoined.
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11 573 "Antisthenes is wise," I said, "and understands the risks involved, but many of the words Samos has addressed to us seem to me sound and true, and chief among them his assertion that it should be a captain who conducts this mission, for how else could we so easily prove the seriousness of our intent...
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14 294 Five of these search ships I sent in a net formation toward Cos, supposing this the most likely, if not the most wise, course that would soon be taken by the majority of the escaping round ships.
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15 7 It spoke to me of an old life, that of a fool, which I, now grown wise, had put from me.
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15 12 There are the fools, and there are the wise, and I could now surely, perhaps for the first time, count myself securely among the latter.
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16 238 The alarm had come in the night, and, at night, in a Gorean household, it is common for the slaves to be confined; certainly in my house, as a wise precaution, I kept my slaves well secured; even Midice, when she had snuggled against me in the love furs, when I had finished with her, was always chai...
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17 239 Nigel, wise in the ways of sea war, had held back his ships, the wind pounding behind them, that the blades of the pincers might strike simultaneously, as though wielded by a single hand and will.
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18 306 They were wise.
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18 791 "I do not think it wise for Rencers," said Ho-Hak, "to be over long in Port Kar.
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Book 8. (8 results) Hunters of Gor

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2 448 It was perhaps not wise to press for more.
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6 102 "Marlenus," I said, "is a great Ubar, but he is not always wise".
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8 61 "They are not wise," whispered Arn, "not to have left sentries".
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18 113 Sarus was wise in the ways of slave control.
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18 664 It would not be wise to coast a strange shore at night.
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19 19 It was wise for them to be so.
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19 299 "If you possessed hundreds of allies," he said, "it would have been wise for you to make certain that our lovely Mira, our beautiful little traitress, well practiced in treachery, could see them".
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22 952 Bosk of Port Kar, so wise, so bold and arrogant, had come mightily to the northern forests.
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Book 9. (8 results) Marauders of Gor

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1 156 Yet it is an important question, is it not? Many wise men give wise answers to this question, and yet they do not agree among themselves.
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1 197 "Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live; they cannot tell you; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live, for, if he knows, he will know he cannot tell you; if you would learn how to live do not ask the question; its answer is not in the question but in the answer, which ...
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2 92 It sets them apart, and makes them feel important and wise, and specially privileged.
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5 241 Gurt, I knew, if wise, would not attempt to cheat the Forkbeard.
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11 31 To me this seems preposterous, for ones so wise as Priest-Kings, but, in spite of its obvious falsity, Priest-Kings regard the Kurii and men as rather similar, almost equivalent species.
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16 171 Torvald, I conjectured, doubtless as cunning and wise as the legends had made him out, had not elected to have himself interred in his own tomb.
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16 212 "I think," I said, "that Torvald was a great and a wise man".
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20 27 I wondered if she were wise, to stand so beautifully before a Gorean warrior.
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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4 502 It is not wise to assume an identity which one cannot cognitively substantiate.
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10 221 "And I do not think it wise to be too publicly in Two Scimitars by daylight".
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12 368 I do not even know if it would be wise to break you, to make you cringe and grovel".
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13 371 Only you are less wise than I, for you do not serve upon that side which will taste the salt of victory".
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14 105 But this matter I leave again to those more wise than myself.
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26 190 I wondered if it were wise to have armed the men of Klima and put them in the saddles of kaiila.
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26 705 This status is not something which a wise master lets a woman forget, ever.
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Book 11. (3 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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12 480 It would not be wise to hide within, could I even gain admittance.
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15 334 But it is not wise to argue with the mistress.
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28 238 I think this was wise on his part.
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Book 12. (10 results) Beasts of Gor

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4 381 They were not wise placements.
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6 351 "That is wise," I said.
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10 100 "I know you are wise and I am stupid," said Imnak, "for I am only a lowly fellow of the polar basin, but my peoples, in the gathering of the summer, in the great hunts, when the herd comes, number in the hundreds".
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10 111 "One who is wise in the south may be a fool in the north".
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10 292 I did not think it wise on his part to turn his back on prisoners.
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12 321 "That is doubtless wise," I granted.
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23 243 "Doubtless that was wise of them," I speculated.
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25 63 "Is it wise to continue on now?" asked Ram of Imnak.
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34 90 Yet it is a kind of thing one does, even without thinking, when one is wise to the north.
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35 559 It is not wise to try to tear away the garments of a free woman with one's bare hands.
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Book 13. (17 results) Explorers of Gor

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4 74 It would not be wise to hire a ship, for this would surely provoke suspicion.
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4 75 Similarly, it would not be wise to take one of my own ships, say, the Dorna or the Tesephone, south.
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6 145 "Is that wise?" I asked.
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10 33 He was a highly intelligent man, and one who could, upon occasion, be wise as well as shrewd.
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12 156 "I think it might be wise," I said.
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13 63 I had thought it wise not to go directly back to my room.
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20 91 If there is any longer a Mfalme of Ukungu it is Aibu, the wise and noble".
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23 327 "Does it not seem wise to you, Mfalme," I asked him, "to proceed westward?" He straightened himself.
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26 51 "Is that wise?" I asked.
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28 25 "That seems to me wise," I said.
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34 184 "Too," I said, "I am not certain that it is altogether wise for a girl to attempt to escape.
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34 925 "That would be wise," I said.
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34 1003 "That would be wise on your part," I told her.
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36 21 "It was wise of you to free it," said Kisu.
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49 30 "I think it would be wise to turn back".
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50 75 I think this was wise on my part.
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57 72 It was a wise choice, I thought, on the part of Bila Huruma.
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Book 14. (4 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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1 82 In a sense I thought this wise on their part.
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1 845 "Then it was wise of me to obey".
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17 138 "Is it wise to venture your capital in such a way?" I asked.
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26 232 "When these fellows revive," I said, "I do not think it would be wise for us to be in their vicinity".
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Book 15. (5 results) Rogue of Gor

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1 255 "Do you think it was wise for a man to have confided secrets to a female slave such as you?" I asked.
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1 259 "Do you think it was wise to have obeyed me?" I asked.
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21 77 "A wise man would have withdrawn, as you did," she said.
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21 176 I thought this was courageous on their part, but I did not know if it were wise.
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28 358 "I do not think that would be wise," said Tasdron.
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Book 16. (2 results) Guardsman of Gor

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12 195 "You were wise," said Callimachus, sadly.
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20 1582 Many have the run of cities and fields; they meet with friends, who, too, of course, will be in tunics and collars; they enjoy wandering about, frequenting the parks, at least those in which they are allowed, and long, winding, colorful streets; too, they are frequently, as they are women, as one mi...
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Book 17. (9 results) Savages of Gor

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1 241 It is not wise to look away from such things, if they are in the vicinity, or to turn one's back upon them.
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1 787 They are wise, but even they hesitate to tamper with precise and subtle systems which have taken over four billion years to develop.
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1 980 It is seldom wise to silhouette oneself against the sky.
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2 116 One is wise to relate warily to the masters of the great bow.
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4 234 "That is wise," I said.
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5 57 When a Gorean tells you to draw your blade, it is generally not wise to spend a great deal of time discussing the matter.
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14 948 "To be sure," he said, "it would be wise for you to learn some Dust Leg or Kaiila.
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15 71 I was not certain that Grunt was wise in addressing him in the dialect of the Kaiila, for the Fleer and Kaiila are hereditary enemies.
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15 86 I thought Grunt was wise not to have the girls look into the eyes of the Fleer warrior.
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Book 18. (8 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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1 423 "That would not be wise.
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14 541 "It would not be wise," I said.
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18 198 I did not know if I could draw Mahpiyasapa out of the council, or if it would be wise to do so, but I was confident that I could, somehow, if he were there, make contact with Grunt.
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18 273 Where men so numerous, and noble and wise, were gathered, surely naught could be amiss.
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27 6 I think this was wise for, as far as we could conjecture, we were muchly outnumbered.
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39 474 "I do not know if that is wise, Tatankasa," said Hci.
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44 241 It does not seem so to me, but who am I to challenge, or even question, the inventions, imprisonments and constructions of generations of the virtuous and wise? One wonders sometimes, of course, as to the authenticity of their credentials.
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44 369 I did not think it wise that the Yellow Knives were urging their kaiila so speedily upward, and in such numbers, on so narrow a trail.
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Book 19. (3 results) Kajira of Gor

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16 355 To be sure, I gathered that it was wise on my part to conform with their stipulations, their requirements.
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31 56 "The Priest-Kings then," I said, "are wise and kind, and intend that by means of a common language all municipalities may well understand one another, and thus disagreement will be obviated, and peace and harmony assured".
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35 8 "It is not wise to wager against a slaver in such matters," said Publius.
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Book 20. (3 results) Players of Gor

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1 777 I thought it was wise, and sensitive, that the new slave had availed herself of this homely protocol in addressing her master.
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10 860 As kajirae are usually quite intelligent a word to the wise is usually sufficient.
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16 128 "How fortunate they are to be under the care of one so skilled and courageous, as well as wise," said Chino, adding, seemingly sotto voce, to Lecchio, "or so it would seem".
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Book 21. (5 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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12 23 If one does not know what is occurring, it is sometimes wise to find out before leaping up, perhaps into the weapons of enemies who might be as close as one's elbow.
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15 712 "Would it not be wise to contact the high general in Ar, as well?" I asked.
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16 1274 "Do you think it wise to behave in such fashion?" I asked her.
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17 3 I did not think it would be wise to advertise my possession of letters of safety until it should prove impossible to proceed further without them.
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24 258 It is seldom wise, incidentally, to impugn, or attempt to manipulate, the honor of a Gorean.
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Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor

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12 72 It is wise not to take them seriously.
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16 143 Tupita was too good a slave, and too wise a slave, to dally before a Gorean male, having received such a command.
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17 54 In the neighborhood of holidays it is wise to make the arrangements days in advance.
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19 30 Similarly, it would not be wise for her to be caught in the garments of a free woman.
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20 165 "If the Priest-Kings say this is worth more than gold and silver," said a wise man, "it must be true".
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34 111 "Do you think it would be wise to attempt to escape from a Gorean master?" he asked.
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34 113 "And do you think it would be wise to attempt to escape from Teibar of Ar?" "No, Master!" I said.
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Book 23. (4 results) Renegades of Gor

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6 386 "True," she said, "it is wise to reward some with at least the squeezing of the hand, an expression of gratitude, or such, before hurrying away".
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12 160 "Once you had declared for Cos," I said, "I think you would have been wise not to begin bargaining for monetary returns".
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15 947 "It was wise of them," he said, "to move the other prisoner out, if they could bring only one man here this morning".
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24 175 He had hesitated then, I suspected, because he was not yet sure of such matters, or, perhaps, because he had thought it wise to hold them in abeyance until his friend was stronger.
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Book 24. (9 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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1 980 It is not wise for a girl to lie about such things.
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3 64 I assumed he must have left the camp expeditiously, as would have been wise, lest his putative affiliation with me be recalled, and then, after perhaps waiting a few Ahn in the vicinity of Teslit, not making his presence known, had hastened southward, that he might convey his intelligence speedily t...
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10 17 It is not wise, once they have succeeded in catching hold, to apply force to them.
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13 250 To be sure, it was possible to scout rencers, but normally this could be done only by individuals wise to the ways of the delta, in most cases other rencers.
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26 90 "That is wise on your part," I said.
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27 489 "Is that wise?" she asked.
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31 525 They had become wise to the ways of the marsh.
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44 195 "Is it wise then to remain in this camp?" had asked Marcus, he having been apprised of the outcome of my small experiment, that in which Philomela, free woman of Tabor, had assisted.
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44 202 I did not think it wise, under the circumstances, to leave Ina untended in the slave camp, or to dispose of her there, at least immediately.
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Book 25. (11 results) Magicians of Gor

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1 218 On the other hand, it is seldom wise to interfere in the relationship between a master and a slave.
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8 91 Usually a girl can tell when she has an implicit permission to speak, that is, for example, when the master would not be likely to object to it, or would even welcome it, and when it would be wise to ask for such permission explicitly.
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8 92 When she is in doubt it would be wise to ask.
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8 814 "Was this wise?" asked Marcus.
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9 130 "It might be wise to accustom yourself, even though you are legally free now," I said, "to addressing free men as "Master" and free women as "Mistress".
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10 398 She is keenly sexual, which she is usually wise enough to conceal from the free woman, lest she be bound and mercilessly whipped, but the free woman suspects this only too well.
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13 131 "And it is here I will live!" "That seems to me wise," I said.
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17 324 "I do not know if it is wise to use magic in such a way," said Marcus, "for pay, as a show, for an audience".
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22 333 "That might not be wise," he said.
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27 333 Both Tolnar and Venlisius, with my concurrence, thought it wise to remove both themselves and their families from Ar.
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28 158 "I did not think it would be wise to suddenly change my residence," I said.
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Book 26. (11 results) Witness of Gor

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7 783 Given their position in the garden, and the considerable authority they held here, over me, and the others, I did not think it would be wise for me to permit myself to be detected remarking this in any obvious manner.
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11 401 Though a high slave it seemed she thought it wise, under the circumstances, to request this permission.
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11 1533 This was not a place where, nor were these men among whom, false steps would be wise.
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12 76 The slave might then, if she is wise, hurry obediently to her new master.
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13 439 If one knows what is wise for one, one obeys the men of this world instantly, and as perfectly as possible.
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14 447 "It would not be wise for me to notice".
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18 323 It would not have been wise to have done so, of course, for he was not of this city.
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28 61 "It was not wise, was it?" he asked.
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37 901 It is seldom wise for a female slave to look directly into the eyes of a free woman.
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37 1082 "Would it be wise to use men, pursuing him in the passages beneath the city?" "I would not think so," said the pit master.
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42 180 "If you remain here you will surely die, and thus you would be wise to come with us.
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Book 27. (13 results) Prize of Gor

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11 683 Indeed, it might not be wise to do so.
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11 691 But perhaps I am in heat! In any event it will be wise for me to return to my master soon.
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13 286 Nelsa, it seems, is not as clever, or wise, as she thought".
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25 200 Ellen had learned in the coffle, days ago, that it was not wise to ask for more.
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26 163 "It will not be wise to remain long in the camp," said Selius Arconious, "but, unfortunately, there is no help for it.
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26 490 "Do you think that would be wise?" he asked.
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26 504 But then she asked, "Is that wise, Master?" "They do not know me," said he.
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26 832 Doubtless that was wise in a Cosian camp, if they were not of Cos, even though the camp was in theory an open camp.
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27 1889 Yes, yes, she thought, they speak truths, mighty truths, lovely truths, deep truths, incontrovertible truths, precious truths, yes, such as I are indeed for the entertainment of men, for the sport of men, of masters! It is that for which we exist, and desire to exist, the pleasure of men, the entert...
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27 2417 Had he been aware before, she wondered, of the latent passion in women, waiting to be called forth by the summons of masters? Had he even, until then, begun to comprehend the joy of living on a natural world, one too wise to take false steps, one unspoiled by millennia of madness, a world on which m...
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28 268 "That was wise," said Bosk of Port Kar.
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28 291 And, too, a slave can often sense when it is acceptable to speak and when it would be wise to request permission to speak.
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29 104 Certainly it would not be wise to neglect such an obvious token of deference as an appropriate form of address.
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Book 28. (14 results) Kur of Gor

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6 128 "You would be wise to accept the gifts which are offered to you," said Grendel.
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7 22 "That is not wise," said Peisistratus, uneasily.
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8 110 "How wise you are," said Agamemnon.
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18 49 To be sure, she will be wise to humble herself before free women, and kneel, and cringe and grovel, as any other Gorean female slave.
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19 146 "Do you think it is wise to trust a human?" asked the machine.
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20 229 "That is perhaps wise, considering my testimony," said Cabot.
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35 74 "Doubtless that is wise, Master," she said, "but you cannot do so".
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44 59 "Do you think it wise?" asked Lord Grendel, "to teach the bow to the forest people?" "Yes," said Cabot, "but perhaps not to the killer humans".
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50 84 "Wise," said Cabot.
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51 20 "Do you think it was wise to have left Flavion behind, in the camp?" asked Cabot.
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53 16 "Wise," said Grendel.
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57 191 "I am pleased," said Flavion, "to learn that you are a wise and practical person.
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62 20 "It seemed to me wise to appear to favor the cause of Grendel," said Cabot.
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75 67 Does he not know what was done to me before, how my body has been changed? My mind cries 'free woman'! My belly cries 'slave'! How foolish is my mind! How wise my belly! Dear mind, how you desire to dictate to me! Do you still listen only to others, dear mind, and not to me? Why do you not look upon...
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Book 29. (13 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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1 201 "Is that wise?" she asked.
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2 348 I did not think it wise to let her prolong such ministrations to a Gorean male.
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5 258 Such signals are silent, and in waters where it might be wise to be wary, drums or horns would not be used.
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8 184 He did not seem to me to be the sort of person whom it would be wise to treat with contempt.
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15 221 To refuse such a gift might injure one's pride, and it is not wise to injure the pride of one of the Pani, as they are a well-intentioned, sincere folk, and take such things very seriously".
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15 335 "It is true," I said, "that it would be wise to see that the slave is attired, for there are strong men in the camp".
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17 66 As the birds milled above, crowded and screaming, hemmed in by our fellows, their riders, wise now to the dangers of breaking formation, but much aware now, too, of hundreds of arrows fired into their mass of birds and men, which constituted a large, almost stationary target in the sky, knew themsel...
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17 85 This maneuver, though I doubt it was centrally calculated or dictated, I thought wise of them.
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20 50 "I do not urge this," said Tajima, "but would it not be wise to enter the stable in force?" "It would be better to first reconnoiter," I said.
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24 104 "I think you are a remarkable man," I said, "a gifted leader, highly intelligent, subtle, wise, and cunning".
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26 94 Many, today, wise and sophisticated, supposed that personage merely a creature of myth and legend.
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32 41 One might despise his exterior, thinking it pathetic, swollen, and sluggish, that it housed no more than something fat, sly, and ugly, something complacent with power, something which might idly toy with cruelty, but, at the same time, one sensed that somewhere within that mound of flesh something w...
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43 139 Lord Nishida was certainly correct in suspecting that one who could rise to such a position would be wise with bladecraft.
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Book 30. (15 results) Mariners of Gor

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2 27 "Is it wise to do so?" said the second officer.
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2 200 How wise they were, and how powerful they were, how sacrosanct and holy they were, to have the ear of Priest-Kings, to have at their disposal the prayers, the spells, the rituals, the devotions, and sacrifices by means of which Priest-Kings might be swayed, by means of which their favor might be gar...
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7 44 What wise woman would let the door of a paga tavern close behind her, unless she wished to find herself within? Gorean men are not long-suffering, nor are they patient.
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7 222 "You do not know that, wise one," said Thoas.
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9 296 Wise men attended his words, intently, and graciously, spoke little in his presence, and would forbear to disagree.
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10 114 I did not think that was wise.
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14 221 I did not think it wise for Seremides to splash at the side of his support.
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21 136 "Is this wise?" asked Lord Nishida.
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23 24 Who, unarmed, is wise to dispute the will of the armed? Who wishes you to be most vulnerable, most helpless? He who will not make himself so.
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24 319 I thought it wise for Seremides to remain on the ship.
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27 200 I thought him wise to remain in public places.
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28 89 One does not, if wise, arouse suspicion, and court a knife in the darkness.
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30 17 "It is perhaps wise," said Tyrtaios.
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36 200 Neither wished to see it destroyed, wise though might have been its destruction to deter desertion, to convince armsmen that flight was impossible, and that they must now reconcile themselves and their fortunes to our cause".
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37 1072 If one is not interested in relishing and cherishing a slave, why own one? "To be sure," said Callias, "she may have heard too much, but if she is wise she will not attempt to grow bold, or presume on a master's indulgence.
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Book 31. (14 results) Conspirators of Gor

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4 120 This is not to deny, of course, that better information might be housed in various intelligence communities on Earth, evidence which it would be wise to treat with circumspection.
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7 268 You are a thousand times below a servant, for you are a slave!" And another said, "A master will expect you to do such things, and well, and I do not think it would be wise to disappoint him".
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7 362 I understood little of this, at least on a fully conscious level, though I do not doubt but what I understood it well enough on a deeper level, but I did not think it wise to question the instructresses.
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7 428 "If you should love your master, Allison," said another, "it would be wise for you to conceal your feelings".
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8 247 If accosted by one, particularly if accosted unpleasantly, it is wise not only to kneel, as before a man, to ascertain his interests, intentions, or wishes, perhaps he wishes directions, or such, but to put one's head to her feet, to, in effect, assume first obeisance position.
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8 2025 Was I not intelligent, was I not beautiful, at least amongst women of Earth, if not compared to Gorean collar girls? But is the word 'clever' not a mere disparagement, on the part of some, of true intelligence, that which is expedient, and prudentially wise, that by means of which one may pursue one...
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10 809 Whereas the Lady Bina was extremely intelligent, she was not always well informed, nor always realistic, and, I fear, she was not always wise.
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10 827 I have suggested that the Lady Bina, my Mistress, while highly intelligent, may not have been as informed as would have been desirable, or as wise as might be desired, or such.
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11 133 She then removed it from her mouth, and again savored it, tongue-wise.
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16 140 It is not wise for a girl to test the limits of a master's tolerance.
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24 72 Master Desmond thought this a wise precaution, given what might be found.
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24 152 Accordingly, I think it would be wise, at least until we know differently, to regard them as strangers".
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49 267 "It is not wise to excite strangers," she said.
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50 37 Lord Grendel had been very wise not to inform me of the nature of his plans, and his expectations, when I had carried that first message.
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Book 32. (17 results) Smugglers of Gor

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14 132 One supposes one of such a caste must be able to plan, to follow through with plans, or, if it seemed wise, to depart from a plan, even suddenly, to change or alter plans, even to withdraw, and plan anew, that one such must be not only bold, but subtle and shrewd, that one such must understand the v...
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14 400 "Suppose that Priest-Kings, wise and powerful, or cruel and powerful, or arrogant and powerful, or exotic and powerful, were in their way mortal, and vulnerable, and concerned to protect their kind and world".
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14 428 "Unseen like the wind, mighty like the sea, wise as the stars, swift like the flash of lightning".
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15 310 I felt it wise to retrain from speaking, as she had spoken of Priest-Kings.
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21 130 "It seemed wise to leave in darkness," said Tyrtaios.
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23 152 But clearly, I thought, those fellows had not been wise enough to count laris.
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24 32 "I trust you are wise enough not to do so".
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30 93 "I think it would be wise to assuage the hunger of Tiomines," he said.
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34 62 "Then, my friend," he said, "depending on the situation, it might prove wise to withdraw with discretion".
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38 107 "It would not be wise without meat," said Axel.
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39 279 "Do you think it wise," said Tuza, rubbing her wrists, "that we should be granted such freedom? We are Panther Women".
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41 219 Too, I did not think it wise to initiate a physical contact with a free person.
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43 300 "I do not think it would be wise to attack a sleen master in the presence of his sleen," said Genserich.
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43 408 Donna leaned back in relief, but was wise enough not to speak.
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43 523 This would not be wise to do without the advantage of numbers, and the numbers, I gather, are not clear".
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52 142 It is seldom wise to rise to one's feet in the presence of a master, if one has not received permission.
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54 127 "Do you truly think," he asked, "I would let a slave off her chain, any slave, and, in particular, a slave such as you?" "I do not know," I said, and then, thinking it wise, added the word, "— Master".
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Book 33. (39 results) Rebels of Gor

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1 266 "It is often wise, noble friends," said Lord Nishida, "to think carefully before one speaks, particularly if one would speak with steel".
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1 273 "The splendid officer, fearful Tyrtaios, so wise in council, so adept with the sword," said Lord Nishida, "has departed the holding, and placed his cunning and skills at the service of great Yamada".
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1 395 "Given the matter of the camp of tarns," said Lord Okimoto, "the unconscionable losses to the cavalry there, I do not think that would be wise".
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3 41 It is not wise to draw a weapon when one may be beneath the point of an arrow.
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4 18 "Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," he said, "was wise".
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4 45 In any event, I did not think it wise to linger here overlong.
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4 177 "I see you are wise," said the voice.
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4 237 Be wise.
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7 90 I deemed this wise.
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7 227 "Yes," said Lord Nishida, "but, one supposes, less than wise".
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7 292 "I did not think the location at the confluence of two rivers was wise," said Lord Nishida.
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8 26 I thought him wise in the ways of war, a formidable tactician and leader.
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11 139 "In seeking rice, in the time of hunger," said Tajima, "it seems Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, was wise, in not burning and punishing villages, and slaying men and women who withheld rice".
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11 153 "It would be wise for Lord Temmu to do so," I said.
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11 224 "I think that is wise," said Tajima.
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17 32 "Very wise," he said.
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17 215 "Perhaps it would be wise," I said, "if I returned to my quarters".
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23 228 "That was wise," I said.
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23 254 "Unfortunately, noble one," he said, "as wise as your hope might be, that rendezvous was attempted, and failed, which intelligence I have also from the aforementioned peasant, a trap having been laid and sprung.
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27 55 To me that seemed a wise view.
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30 87 "Thus, it would not be wise to approach more closely, unless permitted".
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30 192 He will presumably take you for a deserter, one wise enough to recognize that the cause of Lord Temmu is a lost cause".
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30 231 "Wise Haruki," I said.
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30 318 "Slaves are not always wise.
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30 401 As her hands were free, she could have undone the straps, but she was wise enough to stay as she was, sitting quietly on the grass, watching, waiting, unable to rise.
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31 91 "I do not think it wise for you to remain too long in this place," said he whom I had taken to be the innkeeper.
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31 125 "Then at least one man here is wise," said Arashi.
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36 63 "Such great lords are wise and just," he said.
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38 1 We Note Lanterns on a Stormy Night; We Deem It Wise to Depart A guard fire was maintained only near the gate of the pen.
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43 99 "Why are you uneasy?" "I think your plan is wise," he said, "bold, even brilliant".
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43 111 "He is a wise man," I said.
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45 55 I may be wrong, and it may not be wise to know too much of such things.
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50 209 It did not seem wise to me to attempt to pass ourselves off as the corridor guards.
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55 186 "That is wise," said Nodachi.
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55 204 "Is that wise?" he said.
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55 205 "One is not always wise," I said.
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57 62 One expects the wise commander to press an advantage, allowing his foe no respite.
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59 208 The wise enemy does not present his foe with gifts.
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61 95 If you deem it wise, you may then advance, or, if not, communicate with the house of Temmu, by message vulo, and await a response from the house of Temmu, brought by tarnsmen".
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Book 34. (23 results) Plunder of Gor

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1 462 Too, how could I dare to appear before them, as I was? How could I explain my appearance, lightly gowned, my wrists in handcuffs? Would they take my plight seriously? Would they dismiss it, would they scorn me, with wise looks, would they find it amusing, no more than an embarrassing contretemps? An...
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8 246 "That is doubtless wise," he said.
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8 333 It is thought wise to scatter stock.
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9 420 "How one as wise as you, as refined as you, and doubtless as lovely as you, how one free in condition and noble in mien, could possibly be insulted by a slave?" "I do not understand," she said.
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12 13 What free woman, wise and noble in her freedom, can grasp the consciousness, the fears, the hopes, the helplessnesses, the vulnerabilities, the terrors, the despairs, the desires, the feelings, the joys, the passions, the wholeness, the identity, of the slave? Suppose a woman has been free; then she...
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13 143 It is wise to be so.
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14 250 "Then," said Lysander, "I do not think it wise to keep her in my house".
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29 131 "Master is wise," I said.
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32 220 "It would not be wise," said Kurik.
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41 139 How wise she was! She lashed my ankles together so that I could not rise.
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42 95 I was not sure it was wise to do so.
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46 18 "I did not think that would have been wise," he said.
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49 170 "That is not always wise," said Decius Albus.
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56 16 This may well have been wise.
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56 199 "I do not think it was wise, dear Grendel," said the Lady Bina, "to have accepted the invitation".
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61 619 "Lord Agamemnon," cried Decius Albus, "Eleventh Face of the Nameless One! Forgive me, dear, noble lady! I did not know! Forgive me! Welcome! How thoughtful of the noble lord to remember his unworthy servants, and how like him to transmit his gift, or gifts, by means of so wise and beauteous a messen...
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61 685 "Friends," he called, "humans, astute and wise, skilled and loyal, beloved allies, you did note how I intervened to save the life of your lord, the great Decius Albus, how I, at great personal risk, thrust him aside, away from the line of a quarrel's flight, just as he was about, boldly, at risk to ...
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61 711 "If the Kurii were wise," said Kurik, his sword in his belt, the bow with its quarrel cradled in his arms, casting a wary glance at Tyrtaios, the Assassin, who still stood to one side, some yards away, "they would forego their sport, and spare the kajirae".
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61 795 I did not think it had been wise for the Lady Bina to acknowledge her lack of a Home Stone, and, in particular, her lack of that of Ar.
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65 51 "Might it not have been wise, dear Grendel," said Kurik, "to have solicited the aid of Surtak, and those with him?" "I am sure they would have looked favorably on such a request," said Drusus Andronicus.
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65 138 It was wise to flee".
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65 320 "And it would be wise on our part to remove the emblem and banner before we exit the caravanserai".
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68 93 I muchly loved him, and I suspected he might care for me, at least a little, but it was not wise, of course, to enter into such matters.
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Book 35. (17 results) Quarry of Gor

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7 222 I did not regard it as wise to be standing amidst free men speaking.
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11 85 It is not wise to swim in the canals.
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13 247 "That was wise," he said.
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14 112 How might one do so? If I could not win the confidence of Adraste by a feigned friendship, to achieve some measure of proximity, to further my small mission of espionage, perhaps I might alarm her, or intimidate her, to the point that she might feel it wise to endure my company, my occasional nearne...
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17 100 "Perhaps, for some reason, it might not be practical, or wise, to do so".
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26 56 Would it not have been wise to do so, that it might have served to mark our position, announcing our arrival, so to speak, that of a party at last responding to a conjectured invitation? On the other hand, who knew who or what might see that light, and with what consequences? Dangers lurk in the mar...
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33 96 I wondered if it were wise to carry a light, let alone two.
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33 187 I wondered if it were wise to have the lanterns on the boat lit.
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33 199 "But you are too wise to do so," said the man.
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34 92 "I think you know more than it is wise for a kajira to know," he said.
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37 6 You will do this, back and forth, again and again, until summoned to our feet or until you deem it wise to run toward us".
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37 38 What did they mean 'until I might deem it wise to run toward them'? We waited until the bar had stopped ringing.
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40 131 Perhaps it might not be wise to know such things.
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40 137 I decided it would be wise to discreetly withdraw.
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40 312 How free, truly, had I been, without a master before whom I could at last be myself? Was I, or others, really so free then? Had I not been subject to a thousand restrictions, pressures, and forces, not been governed by a thousand bondages of compliance and convention? Had I not been informed how I w...
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43 308 "Wise, wary captain," said Seremides.
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47 255 Indeed, as you are quite likely to betray yourself sooner or later by some slip, linguistic or otherwise, it would be wise not to permit any doubt about the matter, lest you be subjected to some appropriate chastisement.
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Book 36. (18 results) Avengers of Gor

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2 30 "That was wise," I said.
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5 62 "I think that was wise," I said.
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5 100 A wise corsair would do better to range the waters more broadly".
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13 29 I did not think it would be wise to let Aktis handle prisoners.
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13 162 "Nor would it be wise to try," I said.
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17 7 I noted that she was wise enough not to dare to speak.
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17 79 Tyrants thrive where justice sleeps, but what if justice should stir and wake? It behooves the wise tyrant to tread softly and embellish his image as the selfless servant of the people.
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17 239 I thought it wise to get her out of nadu, before I might seize her by the hair or by a wrist or ankle, and put her to swift, vigorous slave use.
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18 138 "That is wise," I said.
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19 78 Given the looting and burning of the Inn of Kahlir in Sybaris, it did not seem wise for me to retain the Statercounter name, at least publicly.
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19 198 "I hope that he is wise enough to do so," I said.
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21 101 "That is very wise," I said.
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29 152 "That was a feint of advertising," said Melete, "a joke, a way of calling attention to ourselves, an image designed to amuse the wise and impress the unthinking and ignorant, those few who were stupid enough to take it seriously".
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35 47 "Cos may crush any village," I said, "but it would not be wise to do so.
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38 16 They may not laugh when it is judicious, and they may laugh when it is not wise to do so".
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44 62 Similarly, it is not always wise to avail oneself of ladders of rope surreptitiously lowered from walls.
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54 84 "Is that wise?" asked Clitus.
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58 88 It is wise to assume that one's opponents are shrewd and competent.
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