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Quotes About Loyalty

Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field
~ Joe Abercrombie
The worst?" Dogman stared at him. "You sure? What about if Bethod does come, and his Carls kick your wall over like a pile o' turds and kill every last one of us?" Crummock's brow furrowed. He frowned down at the ground. He squinted up at the clouds. "True," he said, breaking out in a smile. "That is worse. You got a fast mind, lad.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Probably been sure he'd got the right god, the right king, the right cause. Everyone finds a way to make their side the right one, after all.
~ Joe Abercrombie
I was loyal to both", said Clover. "I was just more loyal to me. Truth is, men love to blab abour loyalty till it might trap 'em on the losing side. Then there's a chorus o' silence on the issue. So I consider reasonably loyal to be a bit more loyal than most, and a lot more honest than most. It's a fool who makes folk choose too often between loyalty and good sense.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Then, I would guess, they are largely, if not entirely, expended. So it always is with mercenaries. Easily hired, even more easily discharged and never missed once they are gone.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Una alianza debe ser sellada cara a cara, hombre a hombre, hierro a hierro, y sangre a sangre.
~ Joe Abercrombie
My father doesn't own me. Not even a percentage. If we marry, my loyalty will be to you. But you should know I am my own woman and do things my own way. I do not plan for that to change.
~ Joe Abercrombie
The pilot of a foundering vessel, perhaps, looking to his captain, silently asking if they really did intend to go down with the ship. Perhaps that's why captains do go down with their ships. No better ideas.
~ Joe Abercrombie
The wagon's wheels squealed, the cargo rattled, the straining crew bellowed at one another. Then Koll said, quietly, "Are you my brother, then?" "Guess so. If you'll have me." "Reckon I could do worse." The lad shrugged, as if it didn't matter much either way. But Brand got the feeling it did.
~ Joe Abercrombie
In my experience, a friend is merely an acquaintance who has yet to betray you. Is that what you are, Harker?
~ Joe Abercrombie
La principal lealtad de un hombre es la que tiene para consigo mismo
~ Joe Abercrombie
Si se puede traicionar a un hombre una vez, no es tan difícil hacerlo dos veces
~ Joe Abercrombie
Nincs természeti er?, ami nagyobb veszélyt jelentene az emberéletre és a kereskedelemre, mint egy megbízatás nélküli zsoldossereg. Kivéve talán egy megbízatással rendelkez? zsoldossereget.
~ Joe Abercrombie
A great leader must share the hardships of his followers, of his soldiers, of his subjects. That is how he wins their respect. Great leaders do not complain. Not ever." "Fuck them then," muttered Jezal under his breath. "And this rain, too!
~ Joe Abercrombie
To fight my enemies I need friends behind me, and I'm clean out of friends. You have to be realistic. It's been a while since my ambitions went beyond getting through each day alive.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Probably been sure he'd got the right god, the right king, the right cause. Everyone finds a way to make their side the right one, after all. Now, as he stumbled back trying to hold his neck together, he found it's not the righteous win, but them who strike first and strike hardest.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Always more enemies, and fewer friends. Blood gets you nothing but more blood.
~ Joe Abercrombie
A man in charge can't have men putting questions. Just can't have it. They come with questions first, then they come with knives.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Friends? In my experience, a friend is merely an acquaintance who has yet to betray you.
~ Joe Abercrombie
You pick your Chief, you pick your side, you pick your crew and then you stand by 'em, whatever the wind blows up.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Codes of honour, I fear, aren't worth the paper they're not written on.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Which side are we on, then?" "That's one o'those questions you try not to answer till you have to.
~ Joe Abercrombie
When God means to punish a man, the Kantic scriptures say, he sends him stupid friends, and clever enemies.
~ Joe Abercrombie
He'd been happy to swear it when things were going well and supposed he couldn't just unswear it the moment things turned dicey. What kind of an oath would it be then?
~ Joe Abercrombie