Conn Iggulden Quotes
The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.

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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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I signed this girl's arm. And the next day, a family member shot me an email, and it was a link to this girl who had my signature tattooed on her arm. I was like, 'Man, that's dedication. I'm sorry you did that.'
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.
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I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.
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A moderately honest man with a moderately faithful wife, moderate drinkers both, in a moderately healthy house: that is the true middle class unit.
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Human civilization has been no more than a strange luminescence growing more intense by the hour, of which no one can say when it will begin to wane and when it will fade away.
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Ideas are the roots of creation.
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The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.