Stella Amunet/Stereotypes

Mages and Sleepers "The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind." "The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be." "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. " "A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true." "Cleverness is not wisdom. " "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." The Houses of Hermes Bonisagus "Better a witty fool than a foolish wit." Ex Miscellenae "Expectation is the root of all heartache. " Flambeau "All war is deception." Fortunae "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. " Quaesitor "A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip."

Other Denizens "True friends stab you in the front." "If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." "No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow." "The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods. " "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." Solificati "What is past is prologue." Solificati "The wheel is come full circle." Tytalus "Peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties are subdued, and neither party loser." Verditus "The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."