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Advice Sentences, Vol. 5

(Sentences to send to muses that need a little advice. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"What we are is as much where destiny takes us as it is what we do with the journey."

"Whatever you believe to be true, assume it isn't and search for the truth."

"You cannot worry about the future! You've got to live for today, and you've got to enjoy it!"

"You've been looking behind you. Try looking ahead."

"Just because it's lawful doesn't mean it's right."

"Freedom is the only thing worth fighting for. It is why tyrants always fall."

"Never underestimate your skills."

"Some things are better kept in your mind than on your tongue."

"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."

"Find somebody you can love while you're still young enough to do it."

"There's nothing weak about taking care of yourself."

"Experience isn't something you can buy. It takes time."

"You can't fake how you kiss. It's like a fingerprint."

"History remembers the battle and forgets the blood."

"Sooner or later, old age humbles us all."

"Being frightened is a normal, natural human function, just like breathing. It's how you react to fright that really counts."

"You will never know what is too far until you go beyond it."

"The problem with letting someone live is there's no guarantee they'll return the favour."

"If what you seek is perfection, you will never find it."

"There are enough bad things in life that'll come looking for you. You don't need to go looking for them."

"Just because something seems inevitable doesn't mean there isn't hope."

"A sacrifice is not a sacrifice if it is not valued by the giver."

"People must know that they are valued. Praise from one's peers must be given when the moment is right. Without it, even the most steadfast man will eventually feel unvalued."

"Nothing in life is certain, especially love."

"If there's one thing I've learnt, it's to not go wandering in the dark when you don't know whose toes you'll be treading on."

"You only live once but, if you do it right, once is enough."

"Life is inherently unfair."

"Family is all we have in the end."

"Never use money to measure wealth."

"Good has never been an absolute."

"People are strange. They're hard to understand sometimes."

"The truth can't be wrong, even if it is ugly."

"Don't let this job run your life. Work to live, not the other way round."

"Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it also cures."

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Let nothing stop you from completing your work.

Especially not death.

And especially not if you work for the Guild.

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Mentor Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences for mentor figures giving advice to their mentee. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Power isn't given. Power is taken."

"Did all those years you spent studying with me do you no good at all?"

"Men will go to great length to prove they're not cowards, especially if they really are."

"Experience isn't something you can buy. It takes time."

"You have a gift. Don't throw it away."

"Power is like a fire. It will warm you and protect you, but if it burns unchecked, it will destroy everything in its path."

"Fear is good. Fear will keep you alive."

"There is no purity in pride. Never forget that."

"Everyone has a use, even if it's far from what they imagined."

"Feelings get you killed."

"Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"There comes a moment for each of us when we are tested. What happens in that moment is the true measure of us."

"At some point, you either adapt, or you lose your mind."

"An army cannot sneak up on a man, but a lover can."

"To show you care for something is to show weakness. If you care for something, an enemy can hurt you with it."

"If you can't trust the company a man keeps, you can't trust the man himself."

"What do we say about coincidences?"

"The more we learn, the more we question - and the more we question, the more we see through the lies perpetrated upon us."

"Some things are better kept in your mind than on your tongue."

"There's no such thing as right or wrong. There's no such thing as fair, or moral. Those are words men invented to scare and shame other men."

"What do you want? To change the past? Or to forge a better future?"

"Trust me. Just follow all those instincts that you were born with. I'll be with you every step of the way."

"Whatever you believe to be true, assume it isn't and search for the truth."

"Sometimes to achieve something good, we have to manipulate perception a bit."

"No matter what you wish for, you must be prepared for the consequences."

"There are some wars you fight, and some wars you walk away from. This is not the fighting kind."

"You have to trust people that you work with - unless you have a very good reason not to."

"The problem with letting someone live is there's no guarantee they'll return the favour."

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Advice Sentences, Vol. 4

(Sentences to send to muses that need a little advice. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Properly applied, anything can be a weapon - even kindness."

"You might not be able to control what happens, but you can control what people think about it."

"Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness."

"You know, you can know a man your whole life, and not really know him at all."

"Sometimes, the only way to work out why a trap has been set is to walk into it."

"There are certain things you have to impress upon people to what you're willing to do. Do you like it? No. Do you enjoy it? No. Do you have to look like you do? Yes."

"There is no right or wrong. Not when you trust your instincts."

"Sometimes, you can beat the odds with a careful choice of where to fight."

"When you go to war with someone, you want them emotional. You want them angry. The more they feel, the less they think."

"In the face of pain, there are no heroes."

"It's a fine line between pleasure and pain."

"When you say no, it must be the death of the question. If there's even a hint of maybe, the questions won't stop until they find something they can't say no to."

"The best lies are 90% true."

"A man can't hang himself if you don't give him any rope."

"Hope can change the world."

"The grapevine says a lot of things, but that's mostly the wine talking."

"The whole world's a test. Don't ever let it trick you into thinking differently."

"There's no crueller thing than hope."

"In life, you have to do a lot of things you don't want to do. Many times, that's what life is - one vile task after another."

"Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh."

"Loyalty is a tool to get people to do things they don't want to do."

"Never let anyone know what you're thinking."

"Sometimes it's not a question of who - it's a question of who knows?"

"Life's too short to waste on cheap alcohol."

"The good thing about people thinking you're dumb is they tend to give you the benefit of the doubt."

"Treachery is everywhere."

"A boy's illusions are no basis for a man's life."

"The world is full of empty promises."

"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement."

"Secrets are like a callus on your heart. If you tell enough of them, before long your heart won't feel a thing."

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Mentor Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences for mentor figures giving advice to their mentee. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Your anger rules you. You must learn to master your emotions."

"Have I taught you to make assumptions?"

"When you go to war with someone, you want them emotional. You want them angry. The more they feel, the less they think."

"Killing someone is a terrible thing, and you can never take it back. Don't ever feel bad about not killing someone."

"If you can't be popular, be scary."

"Sometimes, the only way to work out why a trap has been set is to walk into it."

"The good thing about people thinking you're dumb is they tend to give you the benefit of the doubt."

"You can't see the line until you've passed it, but once you're over it, you can't go back without fear of getting caught. Next thing you know, you can't see the line even if you wanted to."

"We've all got lines we've got to cross."

"Never listen to what people say. Just watch what they do."

"I see myself in you."

"Do yourself a favour and stop thinking of that gun as a problem solver."

"Killing him would be more trouble than it's worth."

"There is no right or wrong. Not when you trust your instincts."

"You need to keep your head down. Keep your nose clean, and then maybe - just maybe - there's a way back in."

"Properly applied, anything can be a weapon - even kindness."

"The grapevine says a lot of things, but that's mostly the wine talking."

"There are certain things you have to impress upon people to what you're willing to do. Do you like it? No. Do you enjoy it? No. Do you have to look like you do? Yes."

"Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh."

"When you say no, it must be the death of the question. If there's even a hint of maybe, the questions won't stop until they find something they can't say no to."

"That may be what he said, but it's not necessarily what he thinks."

"The whole world's a test. Don't ever let it trick you into thinking differently."

"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement."

"You're a good man, but sometimes good men have to do real bad things."

"Stop looking in the wrong corner for an answer to this."

"Don't do that. Don't have doubts."

"Remember how we talked about picking your battles?"

"You have to know how to read a person. How they move, talk, dress. People are desperate to tell you who they are. Desperate to be seen."

"You might not be able to control what happens, but you can control what people think about it."

"It's not hard to die. It's the easiest thing in the world. We're all inches away from it."

"Never let anyone know what you're thinking."

"Sometimes, you can beat the odds with a careful choice of where to fight."

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Advice Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences to send to muses that need a little advice. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"There are no mistakes, just choices."

"If you cannot endure the nightmare, you should not lie down for the sleep."

"A useless life is an early death."

"When a fox hears a rabbit scream, he comes running, but not to help."

"You must be quick, and you must be vicious."

"Beauty is always only an illusion."

"Perception's a tool that's pointed at both ends."

"When people are truly connected, they can never fully escape each other."

"Nothing can be so unnerving for someone strong as being weak."

"Take care of yourself. No one else will."

"If you can't be popular, be scary."

"We can't undo our mistakes. We can only pay for them."

"Some people are fighters, and some are not. You can't know which until the fight happens."

"Just because a dog can shake hands doesn't mean he won't bite."

"Gratitude has a short half-life."

"Nothing stays buried. It all comes out, one way or another."

"Maybe we're better off not knowing exactly how much time we've got."

"There are things you can't control. There are battles you lose."

"It's your life. If there's something about it you don't like, you can change it."

"The forbidden is always desirable."

"There's snitching and there's lying, and snitching is far worse."

"Life is best when it's surprising and terrifying."

"Questions are never dangerous. Only the answers."

"You don't make moral decisions based on the outcome you expect; you make them based on whether or not you think they're right."

"We have so little time. If you have any chance of happiness, you should grab it with both hands. Don't let the world hold you back."

"It is important to always try new things."

"Sometimes pain is what sustains us."

"When fruit is rotten, it cannot ripen again."

"It is too easy being a monster. Better to try to be human."

"It's not living as such that's important; it's living rightly."

"You know what I realised trying to understand people? Don't try to understand them."

"Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind."

"If you do something nice for people, they take advantage of it over and over again."

"Better to live true to yourself for an instant than to never know it."

"You can't run forever."

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Mentor Sentences, Vol. 1

(Sentences for mentor figures giving advice to their mentee. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Don't shout. Shouting will get you nowhere."

"There are no accidents. Not in this game."

"See? That wasn't so difficult!"

"There are things you can't control. There are battles you lose."

"You've got a warm heart and blood on your hands, and that's not a good combination."

"Chin up. Don't be ashamed to look anyone in the eye."

"You have a lot of questions. I understand, but you must understand that I can't give you all the answers."

"Don't be sorry. Be better."

"The sooner you face the facts, the better."

"You can do anything you like, but you must never be rude. Rude is being weak."

"I've always believed it's better to be a coward than dead for a lifetime."

"If you don't change your tactics, you'll never stop him."

"I think you need to learn for yourself. It's the only way you'll understand."

"Without a doubt, you have more experience, but why rub it in his face?"

"Don't confuse a winning move with a winning game."

"You must be quick, and you must be vicious."

"I'm giving you a chance. No one ever gave me a chance."

"I'm glad to see you haven't lost all the skills I taught you."

"Nobody can be right all the time."

"You shouldn't apologise for asking so many questions. It's the only way you're going to get better at this."

"You can't kill a rumour. It's like a hydra; you cut off one head, two others grow back in its place."

"Sometimes when you know something, it's better to keep it to yourself."

"You must never hesitate."

"By now, you should know that no one in our business is ever who he says he is."

"You don't make moral decisions based on the outcome you expect; you make them based on whether or not you think they're right."

"If you watch a man carefully, he'll tell you when to throw a punch."

"You already know what you have to do. The question is, how far are you willing to go to find answers?"

"Don't you know your history?"

"A bullet once fired can't be put back into a gun."

"You've got the courage of your convictions. That's an admirable trait, as misdirected as they may be."

"There are two things we are charged with in this life: living with our mistakes, and endeavouring to learn from them."

"You needed a father, but all you had was me."

"Take it from me, there are evils in this world that even you haven't encountered."