Quotes About Betrayal

General Konstantin Rokossovsky, one of those who were tortured during that time – though not shot despite his Polish origins – later said that purges were even worse for morale than when artillery fired on one's own troops because it would have to have been very accurate artillery fire

There is no fencing term I'm aware of for drawing a pistol and shooting your opponent in the face, but that was what it felt like when I heard his final words. I'd

Just as I opened the door from the boys' floor, I stumbled onto Mr. Farrow and that freakishly unhot witch from downstairs, Mrs. Singer. Together. Standing at the landing on the tenantless girls' floor. They were kissing, and it wasn't one of those innocent oh-hello-you-frosty-and-cadaverous-old-hag-from-downstairs-so-nice-to-see-you-this-afternoon pecks on the cheek, either.

They view the government as their enemy, profit as their only friend – probably do not even see themselves as the traitors they are.

And if someone has friends, and he loses everything in spite of that, it's obvious the friends are to blame. For what they did, or for what they didn't do.

It may turn out,' said the white-haired man a moment later, 'that their comrades or cronies may ask what befell these evil men. Tell them the Wolf bit them. The White Wolf. And add that they should keep glancing over their shoulders. One day they'll look back and see the Wolf.' When

They didn't teach me how to tend wounds,' she said bitterly. 'They taught me how to kill, telling me that's how I could save people. It was one big lie, Little Horse. They deceived me.

And now he was glowing with happiness, pride and a sense of importance, like every liar when his lies accidentally turn out to be true.

After all,' added Sheala, pouting her lips, 'it's befallen all of us at some time. Each of us, sitting here, has been cheated, taken advantage of, and made a laughing stock of by some man, at some time.

asked if you had a hand in this,' she began a moment later. 'But I think there was no need. It's obvious you had a hand in it. It's obvious you are his friend. And if someone has friends, and he loses everything in spite of that, it's obvious the friends are to blame. For what they did, or for what they didn't do.' 'What could I have done?

Non mi hanno insegnato a curare. Mi hanno insegnato a uccidere, spiegandomi che in questo modo avrei potuto salvare delle vite. Era una grossa menzogna, Cavallino. Mi hanno ingannato.

For the reason," he shot back, "that last night she made love with me, and not with you.

Chyba? oszala?, Jaskier - wied?min przechyli? si? w kulbace. - Chyba? oszala? ze strachu, je?li mog?e? pomy?le?, ?e ci? zostawi?.

Le intenzioni umane, per quanto astutamente celate, vengono sempre tradite da due cose: dagli occhi e dalle mani.

Ctihodný kupec Sulimir…" vydechl gnóm, "vzkazuje, že kupec Biberveldt je divoký vepÃ…â"¢ Å¡tÄ›tiná?, spekulant a vydÃ…â"¢iduch a že on, Sulimir, pÃ…â"¢eje Biberveldtovi, aby dostal praÅ¡ivinu. Dává dvÄ› koruny ?tyÃ…â"¢icet pÄ›t a je to jeho poslední slovo.

There's Merlin. And Morgana. But Morgana is evil.' 'And Merlin?' 'Average.

He turned his head and caught the queen's venomously green glance.

And they dare say that we, humans, invented all the dirty tricks. On the other hand…' 'Hem, hem?' coughed Ori Reuven, surprised by his boss's sudden – and then continuing – silence. 'On the other hand, they may have finally begun to learn from us,' said the spy coldly, looking down at the denunciations, interrogation reports and death sentences.

Yes, this... Urcheon... speaks the truth. Roegner did swear to give him that which he did not expect. It looks as if our lamented king was an oaf as far as a woman's affairs are concerned, and couldn't be trusted to count to nine. He confessed the truth on his death-bed, because he knew what I'd do to him if he'd admitted it earlier. He knew what a mother, whose child is disposed of so recklessly, is capable of.

Guard against disappointments, because appearances can deceive. Things that are really as they seem are rare. And a woman is never as she seems. Dandelion, Half a Century of Poetry

Treaties are like marriage: they aren't entered in to with the thought of betrayal, and once they're concluded one shouldn't be suspicious. And if that doesn't suit somebody, they shouldn't get married. Because you can't become a cuckold without being a husband, but you'll admit that fear of wearing the horns is a pitiful and quite ridiculous justification for enforced celibacy.

That would hurt the one I love the most

I tell the girls in our student ministry, "You don't really want sex. What you want is intimacy. You want to meet a guy, fall in love, and know you can trust him completely. You want somebody with whom you can share everything there is to know about you without fear of betrayal or rejection. You want to be fully known and to know him fully. Purity now paves the way to intimacy later.

My father lost me to the Beast at cards