Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 29 | How scandalized and shamed would be an Earthling to adopt convenient and handsome raiment. |
| 12 | 30 | How ridiculed would such a fellow be. |
| 12 | 31 | How little we have learned from the informal garb of Greeks and Romans. |
| 12 | 32 | Is it truly easier, I wonder, to adopt columns and arches, philosophy and poetry, mathematics and medicine, and law, than a rational mode of dress. |
| 12 | 33 | But the Greeks and Romans were proud peoples, so untutored as to be unapologetic concerning their humanity. |
| 12 | 34 | It is little wonder they are so alien to the men of Earth. |
| 12 | 35 | It is a long time since I have thrown salt into the wind; it is a long time since I have poured wine into the sea; it is a long time since I have gone to Delphi. |
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How scandalized and shamed would be an Earthling to adopt convenient and handsome raiment.
How ridiculed would such a fellow be.
How little we have learned from the informal garb of Greeks and Romans.
Is it truly easier, I wonder, to adopt columns and arches, philosophy and poetry, mathematics and medicine, and law, than a rational mode of dress.
But the Greeks and Romans were proud peoples, so untutored as to be unapologetic concerning their humanity.
It is little wonder they are so alien to the men of Earth.
It is a long time since I have thrown salt into the wind; it is a long time since I have poured wine into the sea; it is a long time since I have gone to Delphi.
- (Fighting Slave of Gor, Chapter )