#treachery

Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed by the Act of Union. Gentlemen, the Act of Union was carried by force and fraud, by treachery and falsehood. ↗

— John Edward Redmond

#after #carried #declaration #destroyed #disregarded

Amid the moon and the stars, amid the clouds of the night, amid the hills which bordered on the sky with their magnificent silhouette of pointed cedars, amid the speckled patches of the moon, amid the temple buildings that emerged sparkling white out of the surrounding darkness - amid all this, I was intoxicated by the pellucid beauty of Uiko's treachery. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#moonlight #night #treachery #beauty

[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

I was just trying to get his attention!" the man protested at the top of his lungs. "If he'da listened, I wouldn'ta had to bash him. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

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

— Alexandre Dumas

#loyalty #treachery #friendship

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

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

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#noble #treachery #tyranny

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