History Quotes / TheFarmerAndTheViper

'''Michael Myers:''' [Holds his head underwater repeatedly, then tosses him on the floor]\\

-->-- '''Literature/TheBible''', '''Matthew 7:6'''

'''Scorpion:''' [[SubvertedTrope -that doesn't take in account ethics, a moral compass and free will.

'''Scorpion:''' [[{{Subversion}} -that doesn't take in account ethics, a moral compass and free will.

->'''Frog:''' You know, there's an old saying-\\
'''Scorpion:''' -that doesn't take in account ethics, a moral compass and free will.

->'''Frog:''' You know, there's an old saying-

-->-- '''Freeza''', immediately after guilting Goku into ''saving his life'', ''Anime/DragonBallKai''

-->-- '''[[AsTheGoodBookSays Matthew 7:6]]'''

-->-- ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}''

-->-- ''[[http://asitecalledfred.com/comics101/32.html Comic 101]]''

-->-- '''[[ComicBook/{{MODOK}} George Tarleton]]''', VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers''

->''"I hate to gloat, but there's a lesson here on the virtue of mercy. It's only value is to your foe."''

'''Alec Trevelyan:''' Back from the dead. No longer just an anonymous star on the memorial wall at [=MI6=]. What's the matter, James? No glib remark? [[BondOneLiner No pithy comeback?]]\\
'''Bond:''' [[EtTuBrute Why?]]\\

'''Bond:''' ''[slowly lowers weapon]'' Yes. I trusted you, Alec.\\

'''Bond:''' Hence "Janus", the two-faced Roman god come to life.\\
'''Trevelyan:''' ''[gestures to his scars]'' It wasn't God who gave me this face. [[NeverMyFault It was you]], setting the timers for three minutes instead of six.\\
'''Bond:''' Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?\\

'''Bond:''' ''[stunned]'' [[EtTuBrute Why?]]\\

'''Alec Trevelyan:''' Back from the dead. No longer just an anonymous star on the memorial wall at MI6. What's the matter, James? No glib remark? [[BondOneLiner No pithy comeback?]]\\

'''Trevelyan:''' Once again, your faith is misplaced. They knew. [[NotSoDifferent We're both orphans, James.]] But where your parents had the luxury of dying in a climbing accident, [[ShadowArchetype mine]] survived the British betrayal and Stalin's execution squads, but my father couldn't let himself or my mother [[SurvivorGuilt live with the shame of it]]. [=MI6=] figured I was too young to remember, and in one of life's little ironies, the son went to work for the government whose betrayal caused the father to kill himself and his wife.\\

'''Trevelyan:''' No. You're supposed to die for me. By the way, I did think of asking you to [[WeCanRuleTogether join my little scheme]], but somehow I knew that 007's loyalty was always to the mission — never to his friend. [[IronicEcho Closing time, James. Last call.]]\\

-->-- ''Film/GoldenEye''

'''Bond:''' ''[stunned]'' [[EtTuBrute Why?]]
'''Trevelyan:''' Hilarious question, particularly from ''you''. Did you ever ask ''why''? Why we toppled all those dictators, undermined all those regimes? Only to come home - "Well done, good job, but sorry, old boy, everything you risked your life and limb for has changed."

-->-- '''''The Snake'''''

-> The greatest thing the devil ever did was make you people believe he didn't exist...and you're looking at him right now! I AM THE DEVIL HIMSELF! And all of you stupid, mindless people fell for it! You all believed in the same make-believe superhero that the legendary [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat]] saw some year ago today. No, you see, you don't know anything. You followed me hook-line and sinker, all of you did, and I'm not mad at you...I just feel sorry for you.

->A scorpion was wandering along the bank of the river, wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river.\\
The fox said, "No. If I do that, you'll sting me and I'll drown."\\
The scorpion assured him, "If I did that, we'd both drown."\\

As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said, "Why did you do that? Now you'll drown too."\\
"I couldn't help it," said the scorpion. "It's my nature."

->''"It had all been a ruse. [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Luthor]] was evil as ever, and this was his chance of a lifetime. '''[[CutLexLuthorACheck The man had cured cancer]]''', just to lull Franchise/{{Superman}} into a false sense of security. That, my friends, is evil. "''
-->-- ''''[[http://asitecalledfred.com/comics101/32.html Comic 101]]'''''

->One day the Baron was out a-walking, when by the side of the road, he found two injured constructs.\\

"Help us, kind sir," the creatures begged.\\
"Of course," said the Baron. He took them to his castle, and patiently nursed them back to health.\\

"Why did you do that?" screamed the second construct. "He helped us!"\\
The first construct shrugged. "He shouldn't be surprised. He knew we were monsters when he took us in."\\
"But we don't have to act like monsters," said the second. "I have chosen not to!"\\
"And that," said the Baron to the second construct as he revealed the armor beneath his clothing and drew forth his terrible sword, "Is why you will live."
-->-- ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheClockworkPrincess'' (a ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' novel)

->''I hate to gloat, but there's a lesson here on the virtue of mercy. It's only value is to your foe.''

->''It was my fault, Angel. I felt sorry for [Darla]. She looked so helpless, like a [[MonsterIsAMommy mother]], that I forgot what she really was.''

->''Mages born with inverted Avatars have absolutely no compunction about using their enemies' weaknesses against them, and in dealing with [[EnfantTerrible widderslainte]], compassion is definitely [[VirtueIsWeakness a weakness]]. There have been too many cases when a cabal on the verge of destroying a Nephandus was sweet-talked into showing pity because their would-be target "[[FreudianExcuse had been raised wrong]]" or "[[SympathyForTheDevil had never been shown what being good could be like]]." Showing mercy in circumstances like this is invariably repaid with blood and treachery. Widderslainte cannot be redeemed by anything short of an Oracle or an Archmage, and maybe not even by them - but there's always another sucker willing to try.''
->''For that, the widderslainte and their [[EldritchAbomination hungry masters]] are quite thankful.''

->''As I climb onto your back, I will promise not to sting''\\
''I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything''\\
''Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in''\\
''You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion.''

->[[DemonicPossession Formori]] [[WasOnceAMan were human... once]]. That means they might try to appeal to your humanity. And that hurts, especially if you're homid. [[CommonalityConnection You know what it's like to become a monster]]. You remember what happened when you lost your normal life and got drafted into a war you didn't want. You can sympathize. Well, if you take that moment to consider, that formor might just pull out a silver knife and cut your throat, or whip out some new power and kill you with it, or escape and return with backup. I know it may sound cruel, but even if the formor wants to regain his humanity, as far as I know there ain't a way to do it. You want to be humane? [[MercyKill Kill the bastard quickly]].

-->-- WebAnimation/FloatingHands: Messiah Complex

-->--''Videogame/GodOfWarPS4''

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->'''Kratos:''' There was a young man who was caught stealing and condemned to die. His mother came to visit him in his prison. she was a kind woman who could only give love. But her son, the thief, met her with rage and bit off her ear.\\

'''Michael Myers:''' [Tears a TV off it's hinges, hesitates, then smashes Ismael]

->''I hate to gloat, but there's a lesson here on the virtue of mercy. Its only value is to your foe.''