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* ''A thousand ways to miss the obvious.'' (alt: ''A thousand ways missing one right answer'') | * ''A thousand ways to miss the obvious.'' (alt: ''A thousand ways missing one right answer'') | ||
* ''Mercy softens sanction'' | * ''Mercy softens sanction'' | ||
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+ | * ''Only the dead can keep a secret... sometimes not even then.'' | ||
== Dwarven == | == Dwarven == |
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Contents
General
- The air has eyes and ears (Old Ubrekti)
- Silver rents silence, but steel buys it. (Old Ubrekti)
Church
- Only a child can understand the mind of the gods (Pre-Alexandrian Oracles)
- Alexandria never pays for dinner
Gnomish
- Dream Big, Scheme Big.
- A thousand ways to miss the obvious. (alt: A thousand ways missing one right answer)
- Mercy softens sanction
Ubrekti
- Only the dead can keep a secret... sometimes not even then.
Dwarven
- A hasty mineshaft digs a permanent grave.
- Only a dull blacksmith forges a blade that will rob him later.
Halfling
- Trust the trail before you.
Peteran
- You should ever watch for the opportunity to use your opponent's own move as the next step in your blade dance
Regional
Wydmoor Free City
- What happens in Wydmoor Free City will nevertheless lighten your purse.
- You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. (Wait, what?)
Fresia
- goes down like warm sow's milk (it's distasteful--also a jab at their dwarven neighbors)