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Gorean Language

Sayings

"Whereas there was a main common tongue on Gor, with apparently several related dialects or sublanguages, some of the Gorean languages bore in sound little resemblance to anything I had heard before, at least as languages; they resembled rather the cries of birds and the growls of animals; they were sounds I knew could not have been produced by a human throat."
---Tarnsman of Gor, p 39

"'May the Priest Kings favor you.'"
---Tarnsman of Gor, p 174

"There is a saying on Gor that the laws of a city extend no further than its walls"
---Outlaw of Gor, p 50

"What caste is it?" I asked.
The proprietor smiled."Money has no caste," he said.
---Outlaw of Gor, p 78

"No woman, it is said, knows truly what she is until she has worn the collar."
---Raiders of Gor, p 155

"Truth not won is not possessed. We are not entitled to truths for which we have not fought."
---Marauders of Gor, p 7

"Within the circle of each mans sword, therein lies an Ubar ."
---Marauders of Gor, p 9

"`Beware the sleen that seems to sleep,' is a Gorean proverb."
---Guardsman of Gor, p 50

"To share the kettle of a friend is to dine with a Ubar."
---Blood Brothers of Gor, p 349

"The name of truth all prize; the face of truth most fear."
---Renegades of Gor, p 100

"`Anyone who cannot detect the insanity of dismantling their own defenses is a fool... whether they are a young fool or an old one.'"
---Magicians of Gor, p 120

"The knife is no less a knife because it makes no sound."
---Magicians of Gor, p 236

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research and commentary Nicole Gonzalez
editing Michele C. Clark
for worldofgor.com.