Tyrion Lannister

383 quotes

"What is the life of one bastard against an empire?"
Life
"I've lost more money than you'll see in your lifetime."
Money
"The best lies contain a grain of truth."
Truth
"I am slave to nothing but my own desires."
Freedom
"Books are the best treasures a man can find."
Literature
"Beauty fades, but wit is eternal."
Beauty
"A reader lives a thousand lives before death."
Imagination
"My father always said knowledge was a weapon."
Knowledge
"I have no talent for patience."
Patience
"The best poison is one no one sees coming."
"A man who must say 'I am a great leader' is no leader."
Leadership
"I would rather have wisdom than weapons."
Wisdom
"Every man should know his true nature."
"The night gathers, but it always passes."
Hope
"A clever man wins by his wits, not his sword."
"I have made peace with my limitations."
"What use is a dead man's gold?"
Money
"The world doesn't care what you think of yourself."
"I've always been partial to missing fingers."
Humor
"Tyranny is tyranny, regardless of the tyrant."
Politics
"A man of wit is never truly poor."
"I've had some good luck with horses."
"The truth is like wine—it improves with age."
Truth
"I find myself drinking to remember, not to forget."
"A man in chains should never dream of freedom."
Hope
"Some battles are won with words, not swords."
Wisdom
"I have made my peace with the gods."
Faith
"The world is full of lonely people."
Solitude
"A clever enemy is better than a stupid friend."
Friendship
"I am not my father's son in all things."