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fujiyamasan

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8. Another modern quote in game of thrones

Reply to artemisia1 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 12:57 AM

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“He would see this country burn if he could be King of the Ashes," spoken by Varys about Littlefinger (Petyr Baelish)

Of course, Littlefinger was a lot smarter than Trump, albeit just as crooked.

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"An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes." -- Sun Tzu [View all] artemisia1 Wednesday OP

"A hasty temper which can be provoked by insults..." artemisia1 Wednesday #1

After nearly a century of relative peace, we have lost the wisdom that comes from the constant... Ol Janx Spirit Wednesday #2

"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons". Jack Valentino Wednesday #3

Trump will destroy everything to get what he wants. Wealth and power. Irish_Dem Wednesday #4

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Germany and Japan didn't fare well after the war IronLionZion Wednesday #6

I can only imagine what General Grant, later President, would think about Trump -- and Grant's Admin had a artemisia1 Thursday #7

Another modern quote in game of thrones fujiyamasan Thursday #8

Good parallel. Probably inspired by Sun Tzu's quote. /nt artemisia1 Thursday #9