"And the answer?" inquired Labienus.
"That which is silent but deafens thunder."
The men regarded one another. "And what is that?" asked Labienus.
"The same," said I, "as that which depresses no scale but is weightier than gold."
"And what is that?" asked Labienus.
"Honor," I said.
"He is of the Warriors," said a man.
{Vagabonds of Gor, pages 304-305}
It was lonely here. Yet such times are good in the life of a warrior, times to be alone, to think. He who cannot think is not a man, so sayeth the codes. Yet neither, too, they continue, is he who can only think.
{Vagabonds of Gor, page 65}
"Are you of the Warriors?" asked Labienus.
"Yes," I said.
"Hear," said Labienus to his men. "He is of the Warriors."
"He says he is," said a fellow, glumly.
"What is the 97th Aphorism in the Codes?" inquired Labienus.
"My scrolls may not be those of Ar," I said. To be sure, the scrolls should be, at least among the high cities, in virtue of conventions held at the Sardar Fairs, particularly the Fair of En'Kara, much in agreement.
"Will you speak?" asked Labienus.
"Remove the female," I said. One of the men lifted the bound Ina in his arms, one hand behind the back of her knees, and the other behind her back, and carried her from where we were gathered. In a few moments he returned.
"The female is now out of earshot?" inquired Labienus, staring ahead.
"Yes," said the fellow, "and she will stay where I left her, on her back, as I tied her hair about the base of a stout shrub."
"The 97th Aphorism in the Codes I was taught," I said, "is in the form of a riddle: 'What is invisible but more beautiful than diamonds?'"
"And the answer?" inquired Labienus.
"That which is silent but deafens thunder."
The men regarded one another. "And what is that?" asked Labienus.
"The same," said I, "as that which depresses no scale but is weightier than gold."
"And what is that?" asked Labienus.
"Honor," I said.
"He is of the Warriors," said a man.
{Vagabonds of Gor, page 305}
The warrior does not kill himself or aid others in the doing of it.
It is not in the codes.
{Vagabonds of Gor, page 446}
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