Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

I must show no fear, no weakness, no doubt.

He never wanted love, though. You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night.

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister