1 | ->Information learned is more valuable than information given. |
2 | -->-- '''Al Mualim''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' |
3 | |
4 | ->'''Lobsang:''' Well, I just... I thought... well, I just thought you'd be teaching me more, that's all.\ |
5 | '''Lu-Tze:''' I'm teaching you things all the time. You might not be ''learning'' them, of course. |
6 | -->-- ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' |
7 | |
8 | ->It is simple, Chan Sen, you can kill me and avenge your master... ''or'' you can listen to me and surpass him. |
9 | -->-- '''Master Liu Wong''', ''Webcomic/HowIKilledYourMaster'' |
10 | |
11 | ->I am not sure that the best way to make a boy love the English poets might not be to forbid him to read them and then make sure he had plenty of opportunities to disobey you. |
12 | -->-- '''Creator/CSLewis''', ''On Stories and Other Essays'' |
13 | |
14 | ->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' You realize this is information we could've used ''hours'' ago?!\ |
15 | '''Discord:''' And rob you of a valuable lesson? [...] What kind of friend do you think I am? |
16 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' |
17 | |
18 | ->'''[[TheSpook Deacon:]]''' We've been making the rounds, doing the job. It's time you learned the Big Secret. Everyone thinks Desdemona is the big boss - she calls the ops, gives the ra-ra speeches... [[DecoyLeader but it's just an act.]] She does what I tell her to because the Railroad is my show. It's been that way since I founded it. [...] People think our mission's all about Synths, but there's more going on. We're building a better, brighter Commonwealth. The Railroad really is the best, noblest organization that's ever lived. We're... we're... (''snickers'') I can't keep up with this bullshit.\ |
19 | '''[[PlayerCharacter The Sole Survivor:]]''' Why the hell are you lying to me? ''Again?''\ |
20 | '''Deacon:''' Because ItsWhatIDo. And there's a point to this, a lesson if you will. There's other organizations out there, and in time, I'm sure they're going to spoon-feed you their own patented form of bullshit. Ignore the [[BuffySpeak verbage]] and look at what they're ''doing.'' What they're asking ''you'' to do. What sort of world they'd have you build, and how they're going to pay for it.\ |
21 | '''Sole Survivor:''' I don't need any more of your lies.\ |
22 | '''Deacon:''' Then boy did ''you'' choose the wrong traveling companion! But hey, listen - at the end of the day, you're going to have to make a choice. Make sure it's the right one. |
23 | -->-- ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' |
24 | |
25 | ->'''[[TricksterGod Zina]]:''' [[AsTheGoodBookSays As it says in Scripture]], "I am Wisdom, I bestow shrewdness/and show the way to knowledge and prudence." |
26 | ->'''[[GooGooGodlike Emmanuel]]:''' But you told me you are not Holy Wisdom, that you only pretended to be. |
27 | ->'''Zina:''' It is up to you to discern who I am. You yourself must decipher my identity. |
28 | ->'''Emmanuel:''' And in the meantime - tricks. |
29 | ->'''Zina:''' Yes, because it is through tricks that you will learn. |
30 | -->--''[[Creator/PhilipKDick The Divine Invasion]]'' |
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