“Suvrin had a little too much of the politician in him. Too much of the kind of mind willing to let an individual go so the rest will not be inconvenienced.”

—  Glen Cook, book Soldiers Live

Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 139, “Taglios: The Great General” (p. 762)

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