Ithával excellence tip:

“Pretentious” is the whip wielded by insipid souls against the ambitious. Treat it with appropriate contempt.

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Kubé Salvarin legal tip:

He who guards a thing, guarants a thing.

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Azuma Morotai family tip:

Devotion does not come from blood, but from the heart.

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Olbria Amanyr courtesy tip:

Humility is a shameful admission in the low, and a nauseating affectation in the high. Eschew it.

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Gilea Cheraelar lifestyle tip:

The best things in life are expensive. That’s what value means.

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Olbria Amanyr pride tip:

Only the inferior must prove their superiority.

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Arlannath ethics tip:

Ill means poison all good ends.

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Vinaz Oricalcios health tip:

If someone doesn’t want to live forever, find out why they don’t want to live now.

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Arlannath lifestyle tip:

You, and only you, are responsible for yourself.

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Alwyn Muetry theology tip:

Seek not answers from the gods; ask them only for the right questions.

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Arlannath philosophy tip:

Seeking the truth is a simple matter compared to accepting it, once found.

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Olbria Amanyr ethics tip:

A gentleman’s promise is a gentleman’s debt.

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Imperial surrender tip:

EMBRACE LIBERTY OR YOU WILL BE ERADICATED.

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Kynthia Andracanth courtesy tip:

In his own hall, there is every man a sovereign.

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Valentia Amanyr ethics tip:

None may perform by another an act which he may not perform himself.

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Azuma Morotai social tip:

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

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Lord Blackfall plotting tip:

Explain your victory only once it has been achieved.

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Isif Alclair preparedness tip:

Train as if you’re in command. You never know when you might be.

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Orimúr Falsazik engineering tip:

If a solution’s side-effects make things worse, it never was a solution.

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Gilea Cheraelar economics tip:

One should weep to hear the poor rail against greed, for it is as if the starving blamed hunger for their plight.

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Azuma Morotai courtesy tip:

When one wolf seeks to challenge a rival, they bow.

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Vinaz Oricalcios health tip:

Wounds to the body heal faster than wounds to the spirit.

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Gilea Cheraelar economics tip:

That which has no price has no value.

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daráv xíjirár; jaqef vigínár

(“A sophont chooses; a servile complies.”)

– traditional wisdom

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Elyse Phylarius conflict tip:

We best destroy our enemies when we make them our friends.

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Alphas Amanyr ambition tip:

Do not quail, nor turn away, nor shun risk, nor hide behind the mask of cautious counsel, for fortune favors the bold.

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Sung Iliastren rationality tip:

You are the slave of the thoughts that you refuse to think.

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Overheard From Another Universe courtesy/survival tip:

Don’t go visiting other folks’ intentions. Don’t ever.

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Niomé Sargas dating tip:

Mortal peril may make for a fun date, but always let your companion know in advance so they can dress accordingly.

(Shoes that are both fashionable and perilous take time to arrange.)

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Irilenne Naratyr fashion tip:

A sharp appearance may cut deeper than the sharpest of swords.

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Elyse Phylarius negotiation tip:

She who speaks with anger makes her anger heard, but her words forgotten.

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Octíëve Súrnedal documentation tip:

Write it, or you’re going to the special hell.

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Marú Liuvis temporal mechanics tip:

Time travel can’t solve any problem that it hasn’t already solved.

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Galatia Allatrian conflict tip:

If a situation requires violence, it can only require violence of an appropriate severity.

If it does not, it befits you as a daryteir to remain courteous, kind, gentle, generous, honest, and clement until the killing begins.

Even afterwards, if you can manage it.

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Gilea Cheraelar economics tip:

Cultures that develop elaborate philosophies about their lack of need for wealth are compensating for something.

Usually poverty.

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Alphas Amanyr greatness tip:

Look upon my Works, ye Mighty, and surpass them!