"Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own."

Alone, adj. In bad company.

Just one of many from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce - to which I am sure I will return on many occasions.

RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice.

C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters

WotW got me thinking about morality today, which reminded me of this passage from C.S. Lewis:

That sounds a lot like what's already going on in Jakkard. Although, given what we've seen of Jakkard, I would guess that although they don't need to raise their voice, they might do so anyway just because they enjoy to do so.

"I'll die before I surrender, Tim."
- A general

Am glad you are back. In this serious moment, I appeal to you to help me. An ignoble war has been declared to a weak country. The indignation in Russia shared fully by me is enormous. I foresee that very soon I shall be overwhelmed by the pressure forced upon me and be forced to take extreme measures which will lead to war. To try and avoid such a calamity as a European war I beg you in the name of our old friendship to do what you can to stop your allies from going too far.

Nicky

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Are you trying to get someone to canonically kill of Raven?

Absolutely not!

First off, Raven's puns are all beyond reproach. No right-minded jury would attempt to pun-ish him for them.

Second off, in a fight between Raven and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., my money is squarely on Raven. To begin with, he has the major advantage of not being dead, which Mr. Holmes cannot claim.