Treachery Quotes

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I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. — Aeschylus
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery. — Vince Cable
Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless. — John Lyly
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty,… — Michel de Montaigne
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration; and we shall… — David Hume
A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the… — George Orwell
It means that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still that she did not know. Her knowledge goes back… — C.S. Lewis
We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel. — Bashar al-Assad
Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery. — Olusegun Obasanjo
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. — Jose Marti
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear… — William Shakespeare
Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust. — James Mattis
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the… — Stanislaw Lem
Pots can show malice, the patterns of linoleum can leer up at you, treachery is the other side of dailiness. — Alice Munro
He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was… — Benjamin Harvey Hill
THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized… — Robin Hobb
To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political… — James Alexander Thom

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