Cao Cao Quotes

I would rather betray others, than have others betray me

I have never been a traitor. I am not an informer; I never betrayed my nation.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

Did you really think I would sell you out?

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

Do not betray the people.

I hate causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

I would rather have a man that knows and loves what he fights for... than a man which you call a "gentleman".

Nothing deters a good man from what honor requires of him

I hsve been called a traitor many times in my career, and it is a badge that I wear with great honor.

My plays are ultimately about love, honor, duty, betrayal.

A tough guy, to me, stands for something, and he's not afraid to get a beating.

When someone says, 'I trusted you,' the phrase is loaded with all the actions that came from that trust: the person comes almost to embody trust, just as anyone who's always hustling can only be called a hustler.

I was asked to play for Italy, and I was very appreciative. I was 19, and I said, 'No, thank you.' It was very hard, but I am Argentinian, and it would have been deceit.

Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

I'd rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract - perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it - in a way to suit you.

Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!

I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.

To tell your own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery, and treachery for the most part combined with folly.

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

First, do not betray yourself. Second, do not betray those you lead.