Conn Iggulden Quotes
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A young man, who's marching like a leopard, can't keep himself by the mistakes of the past.
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The Buddha said, ‘Gripped by fear, men go to the sacred mountains and sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines.’ I am not afraid of death, my lady. I need no god to comfort me in my fear.
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Temujin snorted. "Never lose faith in me, little brother. My word is iron and I will always come home.
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The Spartans would want it known how they had died. Of all things, they considered the manner of death mattered as much as the manner of life.
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Your people will be torn from the land for this, Tartar. Your gers will burn and your herds will be scattered.
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You have a mighty army, but the greatest force is the one that you don't have to use.
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Now that we sharpened our teeth, let's use them.
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We will not stop until the sea bounds us in every direction. I am Genghis who say this and my word is iron.
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...holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.
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You will revenge my father's death and we will be one tribe across the face of the plains, one people. As it should always have been. Let the Tartars fear us then. Let the Chin fear us.
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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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When I am gone, I do not want men to say Look at his piles of wealth, his cities, his palaces and fine clothes.” Genghis paused for a moment. “Instead I want them to say Make sure he is truly dead. He is a vicious old man and he conquered half the world.
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It is done. We are a nation and we will ride. Tonight, let no man think of his tribe and mourn. We are a greater family and all lands are ours to take.
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You have no idea what you have done.
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History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.
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...the fire doesn't know for who is burning.
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My son's name is Temujin," he said. "He will be iron.
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The wolf brothers can tear each others into pieces, no matter the blood kinship
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The right words are always there, if a man's sharp enough to see them.
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We are from a line of khans, brother. We rule wherever we are placed.
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Cities make you afraid.
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To be strong - that's the first thing the man must learn. If you don't have strength, others can take you everything you have or make
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In the Senate they have as many power as we decide to grant them, do you understand it? If we don't allow them anything, then they have nothing. That which they call ''power'' is made of shadows
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The cold was an enemy, yet it kept the tribes strong. The old did not suffer for long in such bitter winters. The weakling children perished quickly. His son would not be one of those.