Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 59 | 263 | It is View more quotes about difficult">difficult to touch, or cut, a skilled swordsman who is content with defense. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 59 | 260 | This was an advantage, of course, which one seldom has in dealing with a foe. |
| 59 | 261 | I had seen him at work, and he had not seen me. |
| 59 | 262 | Commonly, in encounters of steel, strangers meet and one dies. |
| 59 | 263 | It is difficult to touch, or cut, a skilled swordsman who is content with defense. |
| 59 | 264 | But he who defends only will eventually die, for no defense is forever impenetrable. |
| 59 | 265 | When one extends to the attack, one exposes more of the body, and risks more, but without risk there is no victory, only eventual defeat. |
| 59 | 266 | We indulged ourselves in a brief exchange. |
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This was an advantage, of course, which one seldom has in dealing with a foe.
I had seen him at work, and he had not seen me.
Commonly, in encounters of steel, strangers meet and one dies.
It is difficult to touch, or cut, a skilled swordsman who is content with defense.
But he who defends only will eventually die, for no defense is forever impenetrable.
When one extends to the attack, one exposes more of the body, and risks more, but without risk there is no victory, only eventual defeat.
We indulged ourselves in a brief exchange.
- (Rebels of Gor)