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Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor (Individual Quote)

What reward will compensate one for that? Lies are expensive, and sorely purchased! There are gains and losses, always, but the gain of the few may be the loss of the many, and one wonders if the few have truly gained. - (Prize of Gor, Chapter 26, Sentence #1156)
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26 1156 What reward will compensate one for that? Lies are expensive, and sorely View more quotes about purchased">purchased! There are gains and losses, always, but the gain of the few may be the loss of the many, and one wonders if the few have truly gained.

Book 27. (7 results) Prize of Gor (Context Quote)

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26 1153 I found it hard to believe that human nature was a mistake, and biology incorrect.
26 1154 Could an entire species be in error? And I knew too much history, over a thousand generations, to suppose that the biography of a race was an inexplicable accident, a mere haphazard contingency that might as easily have been otherwise, that it was without meaning or foundation, that there no reason why it was as it was.
26 1155 And I wondered if I had not on Earth betrayed my truths and sold my happiness to please others.
26 1156 What reward will compensate one for that? Lies are expensive, and sorely purchased! There are gains and losses, always, but the gain of the few may be the loss of the many, and one wonders if the few have truly gained.
26 1157 Can hunger and unhappiness, sorrow and misery, hatred and pain, illness and tragedy, really be the evidential insignia of health and truth? It does not seem likely.
26 1158 But Ellen then squirmed beneath the blanket.
26 1159 On her neck was a collar, and slave fires burned in her belly.
I found it hard to believe that human nature was a mistake, and biology incorrect. Could an entire species be in error? And I knew too much history, over a thousand generations, to suppose that the biography of a race was an inexplicable accident, a mere haphazard contingency that might as easily have been otherwise, that it was without meaning or foundation, that there no reason why it was as it was. And I wondered if I had not on Earth betrayed my truths and sold my happiness to please others. What reward will compensate one for that? Lies are expensive, and sorely purchased! There are gains and losses, always, but the gain of the few may be the loss of the many, and one wonders if the few have truly gained. Can hunger and unhappiness, sorrow and misery, hatred and pain, illness and tragedy, really be the evidential insignia of health and truth? It does not seem likely. But Ellen then squirmed beneath the blanket. On her neck was a collar, and slave fires burned in her belly. - (Prize of Gor)