Conn Iggulden Quotes
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They saw Cade’s army swelling into the open like a burst blister.
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There is no escape from me, not even in death.
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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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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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My son's name is Temujin," he said. "He will be iron.
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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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To defeat the enemy, we must know him first
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A knowledge isn't dangerous. Only the man is dangerous.
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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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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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Cities make you afraid.
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We are from a line of khans, brother. We rule wherever we are placed.
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...holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.
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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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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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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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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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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 a mighty army, but the greatest force is the one that you don't have to use.
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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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You have no idea what you have done.
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The wolf brothers can tear each others into pieces, no matter the blood kinship
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A man must always have the possibility of a final choice between life and death. You can take him all the rest, but that never.