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Game of Thrones
A Tywin Lannister lesson on what makes a good king
Tommen: Wisdom is what makes a good king
Tywin: Wisdom. Yes. But what is wisdom? A House with great wealth and fertile lands asks for your protection against another House with a strong navy that could one day oppose you. How do you know which choice is wise and which isn’t? You have any experience of treasuries and granaries, shipyards and soldiers?
Tommen: No
Tywin: No. Of course not. A wise king knows what he knows and what he doesn’t.
Tywin Lannister to his grandson Tommen at the lying-in-state of King Geoffrey, Tommen’s elder brother who had recently been murdered.
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