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Quotes About Loyalty

The freshly dubbed knight, Geralt of Rivia, bowed low, so that Queen Meve, his suzerein, would not see the smile - the bitter smile - that he was unable to resist.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
No, Chireadan,' he answered. 'I wouldn't disagree. Thank you for the warning. But this only concerns Dandilion. He suffered at my side, in my presence. I didn't manage to save him and I couldn't help him. I'd sit on a scorpion with my bare backside if I knew it would help him.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
But bear in mind you are not alone. You have a gravely sick woman on your shoulders and this brat..." Ciri, who was trying to clean her dung-smeared boot on a ladder rung, raised her head.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt?' 'Mm?' 'Don't kill it . . . Can you not?' 'A sword is a sword, Dandelion. Once drawn . . . ' 'Please try.' 'I will.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Kings," continued Calanthe, "divide people into two categories—those they order around, and those they buy—because they adhere to the old and banal truth that everyone can be bought. Everyone. It's only a question of price.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
I strongly advise you, witcher, that if the queen orders you to strip naked, paint your arse blue and hang yourself upside down in the entrance hall like a chandelier, you do it without surprise or hesitation.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Such double loyalty"—Geralt looked her in the eyes for the first time that evening—"is devilishly difficult to manage. Rarely does it succeed, Triss.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
And what kind of love would it be if the one who loves were not capable of a little sacrifice?
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
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?
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Thus do I take you, to have and to hold, for the most wondrous and terrible of times, for the best and the worst of times, by day and by night, in sickness and in health. For I love you with all my heart and swear to love you eternally, until death do us part.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
I won't put up with such remarks, particularly from spies, of all people! I'm the king, for fuck's sake!
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Chyba? oszala?, Jaskier - wied?min przechyli? si? w kulbace. - Chyba? oszala? ze strachu, je?li mog?e? pomy?le?, ?e ci? zostawi?.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
And I strongly advise you, witcher, that if the queen orders you to strip naked, paint your arse blue and hang yourself upside down in the entrance hall like a chandelier, you do it without surprise or hesitation.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Thus do I take you, to have and to hold, for the most wondrous and terrible of times, for the best and the worst of times, by day and by night, in sickness and in health. For I love you with all my heart and swear to love you eternally, until death do us part. Traditional marriage vows
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Il re amava immensamente la sua consorte, e lei lo ricambiava con tutto il suo cuore. Una storia simile non poteva che finire tragicamente.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Non si può mica ragionare in questo modo. Coi trattati è come col matrimonio: non si concludono pensando al tradimento e, una volta conclusi, non bisogna sospettare. Coloro cui non sta bene non devono sposarsi.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
It's not so ordinary, Yurga. I've been left… in similar situations… Like a dog…
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
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.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Meet. Dandelion, ask me where we got the meat. I won't because I know that joke. Don't be a swine. Where did you get the meat? Crawled here itself.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Sen jest najlepszym przyjacielem cz?owieka.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
There are friends and faces that may be forgotten, but there are horses that never will be.
~ Andy Adams
The most dangerous thing any nation faces is a citizenry capable of trusting a liar to lead them.
~ Andy Andrews
Most folks figure a true friend is someone who accepts them as they are. But that's dangerous garbage to believe.
~ Andy Andrews
But a true friend holds you to a higher standard. A true friend brings out the best in you.
~ Andy Andrews