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Above all, he has learned the trick of saying a great deal less than he knows.”
“The failure of something great is never a simple matter, but where there is success and glory, there must also be failure and shame. Where there are both, jealousies must simmer.
“Superior Glokta, I feel we have got off on the wrong foot—” “I only have one that works.”
“That’s what war is, in my experience. A great deal of waiting, in unpleasant conditions. A great deal of waiting, with occasional moments of the most extreme terror.”
A great leader must share the hardships of his followers, of his soldiers, of his subjects. That is how he wins their respect. Great leaders do not complain. Not ever.”
“A man who doesn’t want opinions should keep his own mouth shut.”
It’s when it gets easy that a man makes mistakes.
Fear can bring you out alive, and that’s the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who’s worth a damn feels fear. It’s the use you make of it that counts.”
Respect costs you nothing, and nothing gets a man killed quicker than confidence.”
Course. Doing better next time. That’s what life is.”
Ain’t nothing more important in war than a good slice o’ luck.”
Does death come early in the morning, today? He opened his eyes a crack. Ah. Not quite yet, it seems. Perhaps at lunchtime.
