Ballad of Sword and Wine Quotes

“What is taught in words can easily slip away; only painful experience confers real wisdom.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“In this world, someone has to be the traitor. I don’t believe fate is determined by the heavens.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“My ambition is not to be a gentleman, nor a good person. Since vindictiveness has becomethe tenet I live by, then a kindness given is kindness given, and a wrong done is a wrong done.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“When it comes to humans, even heaven can’t reach a verdict until the end.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“even a dragon can’t defeat a snake in its own garden.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2