You Can Not Be Honest With Others, If You Are Not First Honest With Yourself.
You are an honest and honorable man, Lord Eddard. Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life._ He glanced around the cell. __hen I see what honesty and honor have won you, I understand why.
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You are an honest and honorable man, Lord Eddard. Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life._ He glanced around the cell. __hen I see what honesty and honor have won you, I understand why.
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