- King Viserys I Targaryen: Will I be remembered as a good king, Lyonel?
- Lord Lyonel Strong: Your Grace?
- King Viserys I Targaryen: What will they say of me when the histories are written? I have neither fought nor conquered, nor suffered any great defeat.
- Lord Lyonel Strong: Some might call that good fortune.
- King Viserys I Targaryen: It hardly makes a good song, does it? To be sung at feasts in a hundred years... five hundred.
- Lord Lyonel Strong: You have carried King Jaehaerys's legacy. And kept the realm strong.
- King Viserys I Targaryen: *sighs*
- Lord Lyonel Strong: Is it not better to live in peace than to have songs sung after you are dead?
- King Viserys I Targaryen: Perhaps. But there is a part of me wishes I'd been tested. I often think that in the crucible, I may have been forged a different man.
- Lord Lyonel Strong: Many that are tested, only wish to have been spared it.
- King Viserys I Targaryen: *sighs* Another lord might assure me that I would rise like Aegon the Conqueror given the chance.
- Lord Lyonel Strong: Your Grace, that is--
- King Viserys I Targaryen: You're right. You're right... as always. It is perhaps best not to know.
FROM: "House of the Dragon", season 1, episode 5: "We light the way".
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