All me lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it ... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces.
("A Feast for Crows")
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A brigand, a barber, a beggar, two orphans, and a boy whore. With such do we defend the realms of men.
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