Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
17
80
What tyrant is so stupid as not to do so? urts and jards take care not to wake the larl on whose kill they feed.
What tyrant is so stupid as not to do so? Urts and jards take care not to wake the larl on whose kill they feed.
- (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 17, Sentence #80)
Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
17
77
Would this not elicit curiosity? Might it not seem to require an explanation? Who are these men and what might be their purpose or purposes? This suggested that Archelaos might not be invulnerable in Sybaris.
17
78
He apparently deemed it prudential, at least at present, to continue to dissociate himself from any possible relationship to the corsairs who had terrorized coastal villages and the local waters.
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.
17
80
What tyrant is so stupid as not to do so? urts and jards take care not to wake the larl on whose kill they feed.
17
81
Second, and disappointing, the keeping of the raiders at hand clearly signified that Archelaos, despite the recent adventure in connection with the supposed Village of Flowing Gold, had no intention of forsaking his dark enterprises.
17
82
How soon, then, could he recoup his losses? How soon could new ships be obtained and fitted? What would he do? And where next might he strike? We were few, and knew too little.
17
83
I looked down at the girl.
Would this not elicit curiosity? Might it not seem to require an explanation? Who are these men and what might be their purpose or purposes? This suggested that Archelaos might not be invulnerable in Sybaris.
He apparently deemed it prudential, at least at present, to continue to dissociate himself from any possible relationship to the corsairs who had terrorized coastal villages and the local waters.
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.
What tyrant is so stupid as not to do so? urts and jards take care not to wake the larl on whose kill they feed.
Second, and disappointing, the keeping of the raiders at hand clearly signified that Archelaos, despite the recent adventure in connection with the supposed Village of Flowing Gold, had no intention of forsaking his dark enterprises.
How soon, then, could he recoup his losses? How soon could new ships be obtained and fitted? What would he do? And where next might he strike? We were few, and knew too little.
I looked down at the girl.
- (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 17)