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Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings Quotes: Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.
         

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.


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Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.



Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.



Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.

Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.



Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.

Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.



Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty air. The instinct of self-preservation. It can destroy a man's efficiency.

Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty air. The instinct of self-preservation. It can destroy a man's efficiency.



It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.

It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.



I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.



The lowly have small ambitions, and are satisfied with small indulgences. They need not get fair treatment. They need only think that they do...

The lowly have small ambitions, and are satisfied with small indulgences. They need not get fair treatment. They need only think that they do...



The Bloody-Nine opened his mouth, and shrieked out all of his bottomless love and his endless hate in one long wail.

The Bloody-Nine opened his mouth, and shrieked out all of his bottomless love and his endless hate in one long wail.



Give Bethod a kick from me, once you have him under your boot.""That I will, unless he gets me under his.""Never easy, kicking upwards.

Give Bethod a kick from me, once you have him under your boot.""That I will, unless he gets me under his.""Never easy, kicking upwards.





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