Sometimes a man does what he'd most like to avoid.

Deception is a tactic: use it. Do whatever it takes to win.

Only so much can be borne from men, so much from gods

War's balance will prevail.

Makes you wonder if the gods are always right.

Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. And that price is blood. The sound of it in your veins. The pound of it in your head. The volume of it in a human body; the sickness when you've spilled it.

War is all and king of all