“The gods hate those who plan badly, and help those with good friends, good swords, and good sense.”
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“But you know what they say - old milk turns sour but old scores just get sweeter.”
“It was what you gave out that made a man, not what you got back.”
“You want to be merciful. To stand in the light. I understand it. I admire it. But, my queen...Only the victors can be merciful.”
“To have a good enemy, choose a friend: he knows where to strike.”
“The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest.”
“Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.”
“Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.”
“Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.”
“I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
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