Conn Iggulden Quotes
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After tonight, we will be with the spirits and see the hills of home,” he called to them. “The khan will hear. He will sweep this land clean.
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The wolf brothers can tear each others into pieces, no matter the blood kinship
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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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Every man has it's price, but it's almost never the gold
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Some people will always be animals, while the others want to be... people.
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Now that we sharpened our teeth, let's use them.
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Cities make you afraid.
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Every man should be khan in his own home.
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There is no escape from me, not even in death.
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I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit.
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A knowledge isn't dangerous. Only the man is dangerous.
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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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We see death in the loss of sweet daughters and wives and fathers and old friends
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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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...holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.
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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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Perhaps he needs the money. Some of the men live too richly for their purses, if you understand me. Fame would allow him large debts, but everything has to be paid back in the end.
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A silver speaks it's own language, does it not?
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They saw Cade’s army swelling into the open like a burst blister.
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He who controls the heartland controls the world.
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I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man’s talents than the upbringing of his son.
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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you
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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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You have a mighty army, but the greatest force is the one that you don't have to use.