History Quotes / WorthyOpponent

->"Put all their other men together in one scale, and poor Castlereagh in the other –- single he plainly weighed them down... One can't help feeling a little for him, after being pitted against him for several years, pretty regularly. It is like losing a connection suddenly. Also he was a gentleman, and the only one amongst them."

-->-- ''BabylonFive''

-->--'''Mirmulnir''', ''TheElderscrollsVSkyrim''

-->-- '''Loghain Mac Tir''', ''DragonAge''

-> ''"Shanedan, Hawke. I expected you. Marass toh ebra-shok. You alone are [[WorthyOpponent basalit-an]]. [Addressing nobles] This is what respect looks like bas! Some of you will never earn it!"''
-->-- '''The Arishok''', ''DragonAgeII''

-->-- ''FalloutNewVegas''

-->DeepSpaceNine

-->DeepSpaceNine

-> ''"[[{{Hello}} Shanedan]], Hawke. I expected you. Marass toh ebra-shok. You alone are [[WorthyOpponent basalit-an]]. [Addressing nobles] This is what respect looks like bas! Some of you will never earn it!"''

-->--'''Romulan Commander''', ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', [[Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror "Balance of Terror"]]

-->--'''Gen. George S. Patton Jr., {{Patton}}'''

-->--'''Mirmulnir''', ''TheElderscrollsVSkyrim''

-> You're a quick thinker ''and'' spiteful. I can respect that. [[YouWillBeSpared You won't be killed, Bikke]].
-->-- '''Sarda''', ''Webcomic/{{Eight Bit Theater}}''

-->-- RudyardKipling ''Ballad of East and West''.

-> The only enemy worth your admiration is one who has accepted the superiority of mankind and knelt before you to be executed. All others are to be despised. [[DefiedTrope Honor means nothing when it is used to oppose the Emperor's will.]]

-> ''"[[spoiler:L will]] die this easily?"''
-->-- '''Light Yagami''' (sounding disappointed while plotting his rival's death), ''Manga/DeathNote''

-> "The Man in the [=MiG=]. A famous hero or an unknown just starting to blossom, he was deserving of one more thing, and to this day I hope it was granted to him. I hope he died when instantly when the missile hit and did not live that last second and never, never knew that he lost the battle."

->''"They fight bravely. They cannot harm our ships, but they continue to try."''
--> Delenn describing humans.

--> Sinclair describing Minbari.

-->--'''Cao Cao''' to Liu Bei, ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''

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-->-- [[spoiler: Roxas]], KingdomHeartsII

-> ''From deep down in my stomach, with every inch of me, I pure, straight hate you. But goddammit do I respect you!

-->-- '''Light Yagami''' (sounding disappointed while plotting his rival's death), ''DeathNote''

-->-- '''Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik''', ''SonicAdventure2''

-->-- MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's.

-->WORF: ''Where is he?''

-->I can't beat this Klingon. All I can do is kill him. And that no longer interests me.

-->On the day of the duel, Ahiyeaftah assumed one of these positions and stood fearlessly immobile, because she knew nothing more. Her opponent circled for a while, finding no weakness in the stance. At length, she deliberately cut herself on one of Ahiyeaftah's dewclaws, saying, "I submit to the stronger spirit." Both clans gained honor; the insult was forgotten,
and they formed an alliance.

-->Ahiyeaftah was a young caligrapher forced to defend her family's honorafter her father was insulted by a female from a rival clan. It was her first duel, and though her opponent was no stronger everyone knew that Ahiyeaftah was much less skillful. She approached her father and asked: "Teach me how to begin a duel, so that although I must lose this fight,
I will not disgrace our family." Her father obliged, instructing her in
the basic fighting stances.

-->Ahiyeaftah was a young caligrapher forced to defend her family's honor
after her father was insulted by a female from a rival clan. It was her
first duel, and though her opponent was no stronger everyone knew that
Ahiyeaftah was much less skillful. She approached her father and asked:
"Teach me how to begin a duel, so that although I must lose this fight,

On the day of the duel, Ahiyeaftah assumed one of these positions and
stood fearlessly immobile, because she knew nothing more. Her opponent
circled for a while, finding no weakness in the stance. At length, she
deliberately cut herself on one of Ahiyeaftah's dewclaws, saying, "I submit
to the stronger spirit." Both clans gained honor; the insult was forgotten,

-->''Ahiyeaftah was a young caligrapher forced to defend her family's honor

and they formed an alliance.''

-->Ahiyeaftah was a young caligrapher forced to defend her family's honor

and they formed an alliance.

->"Put all their other men together in one scale, and poor Castlereagh in the other –- single he plainly weighed them down... One can't help feeling a little for him, after being pitted against him for several years, pretty regularly. It is like losing a connection suddenly. Also he was a gentleman, and the only one amongst them."