Dick Francis Quotes

Trust no one at your back unless you want them to bury a knife in it.’ (Syn)

If you believe that their real intention is to kill you, it isn't unreasonable to believe that they would lie to you.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world that mean you harm, And sometimes, they're the people who say they love you.

Station is the paradox of the world of my people, the limitation of our power within the hunger for power. It is gained through treachery and invites treachery against those who gain it. Those most powerful in Menzoberranzan spend their days watching over their shoulders, defending against the daggers that would find their backs. Their deaths usually come from the front." -Drizzt Do'Urden

They whispered to Caesar that he was mortal, then sold daggers at half-price in the grand March sale.

So far I'm still standing on 'Sons of Anarchy' but all the rest of the people on the show have me in their crosshairs so I'm waiting for the bullet in the head.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.

An ally has to be watched just like an enemy

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

Politics—where they pat you on the back so they'll know where to stick the knife.

Treat your friends as if they were going to be your enemies one day.

I would rather betray others, than have others betray me

In 'A Scanner Darkly,' as in 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' all intersubjective relations devolve into webs of suspicion and betrayal.

And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I’ll kill him for you.” From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved. (Ivy and Rachel)

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

The worm is not to be trusted.

Frodo drew himself up, and again Sam was startled by his words and his stern voice. 'On the Precious? How dare you?' he said. 'Think! Would you commit your promise to that, Smeagol? It will hold you. But it is more treacherous than you are. It may twist your words. Beware!

I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me.

Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox, Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and locked up, Will have a wild trick of his ancestors.

Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in King's Landing and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy." "How odd. I think quite the same of you.

Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.