Izzet League Subtext

The Izzet League is known for their innovative use and combination of magic and science, so it is a surprise to no one that many of their sayings have to do with one or the other. And with a Guild leader who has been there since the Guild was created, since he was the one who founded it, the really creative saying can trace their history back to the very beginning. As a dragon, he treasures and keeps alive the ones that amuse him the most, which has created a very interesting vocabulary.

Common Phrases

Better to fail than to flop

Do everything you do with pizazz

A clean lab equals a bored mind

Creativity trumps cleanliness

A failed invention is simply a new experiment

Look at every failure as a different kind of success

Where life fails, science succeeds

If nature won't bring something about, it is up to us to create it

Blow it!

Destroy and start again

Stagnation take it!

May something fade away

There's nothing that can't be improved with a little science and magic

Look for the possibilities in everything you see

Life is better with a little excitement

Don't let life get stagnant!

A Vedalken in the street, a Goblin in the sheets!

Use your mind in public, but always have your passion simmering

Those who think they've tamed magic always die first

Never believe that magic can be tamed

Where one idea ends, another begins

Always create, always imagine. Never stop.

Start everything with either a bang or a simmer, but always start

The hardest part of anything is starting it. After that, just keep on going.

If it doesn't explode at least once, did you really try?

The greatest things in life require great risk. And if you never fail, than you never really tried.

We tamper with the energies of this world, never tame them

Respect the forces around you.