#treachery

[The witch] would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#witch #death

What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!" "You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!" "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#friends #traitor #treachery #die

We are respecting our parents' wishes....They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries. They wanted us to survive them. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#parents-and-responsiblity #survival #treachery #respect

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#israel #known #should #treachery

C’est que l’on a souvent pour ennemis des gens qu’on voudrait avoir pour amis. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#loyalty #treachery #friendship

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

#answers #humility #means #partnership #party

While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#american #case #form #liberals #manage

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 it is treachery to comrades. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#cruelty #equals #feel #injustice #kind

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. ↗

— David Mamet

#always #beat #exuberance #old #old age

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. ↗

— Aeschylus

#hate #i #i have learned #learned #more