The best Quotes by Lord Varys

The best Quotes by Lord Varys

Lord Varys is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.

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Power resides where men believe it resides.
Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 3
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A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 3
A child's faith, such sweet innocence. And yet they say, wisdom oft comes from the mouths of babes.
Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 8
Tyrion: "If the ship goes down, I'll go with it."
Varys: "That is good to hear. Though I'm sure many captains say the same while their ship is afloat."
Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 9
If you shaved your beard with a straight razor, you'd say the razor worked - that doesn't mean it won't cut your throat.
Game of Thrones - Season 6 Episode 8
Give us common folk one taste of power, we're like the lion who tasted man. Nothing is ever so sweet again.
Game of Thrones - Season 7 Episode 3
My little birds are everywhere, even in the north. They whisper to me the strangest stories.
Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 3
Tyrion: "Threaten me again and I'll have you thrown into the sea."
Varys: "You might be disappointed in the results. Storms come and go, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling."
Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 2
Have you considered the best ruler might be the one who doesn't want to rule?
Game of Thrones - Season 8 Episode 4
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Tyrion: "Did you read it?"
Varys: "It's a sealed scroll for the King in the North!"
Tyrion: "What's it say?"
Varys: "Nothing good."
Game of Thrones - Season 7 Episode 5
1
Varys: "You have compassion."
Tyrion: "Compassion, yes. I killed my lover with my bare hands, I shot my own father with a crossbow."
Varys: "I never said you were perfect."
Game of Thrones - Season 5 Episode 1
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Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
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Calling a Dwarf dishonest in her own home? That's a recipe for strong gravy!
A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.
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If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
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Captains always favor the ship over the crew.
Jules Verne once wrote, "Put two ships in the open sea without wind or tide, it will come together." That’s how my parents met. Like two ships destined for each other.
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Never bring a knife to a sword fight. Unless it's concealed.
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I've learned from Palpatine. I show you the stone in my hand, you miss the knife at your throat.
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The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands.
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We obviously didn't communicate clearly. We are here to discuss your surrender, not mine.
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There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin, and no war so bloody as a war between dragons.
The war will be fought, many will die, and the victor will eventually ascend the Throne.
A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.
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22
You just sent the most powerful man in Westeros to bed without his supper.
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When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies.
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Rhaenyra: "I think I called the midwife a c*nt."
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Money buys a man's silence for a time, a bolt in the heart buys it forever.
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Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie.
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Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.​
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Arya: "Then I wouldn't get to insult anyone."
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You stole three deaths from the Red God. We have to give them back. Speak three names and a man will do the rest.
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You waste time trying to get people to love you, you'll end up the most popular dead man in town.
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Bronn: "The little king's backed up. Clogged from balls to brains."
Tyrion: "You think dipping his wick will cure what ails him?"
Bronn: "There's no cure for being a c*nt."
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When you play the Game of Thrones you win... or you die. There is no middle-ground.
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What good is power if you cannot protect the ones you love?
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A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.
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Any man who must say, 'I am the king', is no true king.
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