Why is it that no one trusts the eunuch?
—Varys, Game of Thrones
I could well believe that some such sickening scheme might enter the minds of depraved courtiers—particularly the eunuchs, those hybrid creatures with their distorted personalities, the necessary but horribly dangerous source of evil in every palace!
—Judge Dee on the idea of a sexual relationship between the Third Princess and her (adoptive) father the Emperor, Necklace and Calabash
According to the Bible, Jezebel was an evil and corrupt ruler, and she encouraged the worship of foreign Phoenician gods in Israel. For these crimes she was killed by her own eunuchs and thrown into the street to be eaten by dogs. There are two great lessons from this story for all rulers: first, don't mess with the people's religion, and second, never trust the royal eunuchs.
—Civilization 5 on the city of Sidon (home of Jezebelnote before she married the Israelite king Ahab)
