Conn Iggulden Quotes
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For us, luck is a trifle over which, in human life, it passes just like that. We try and suffer because, thanks to that, we know that we are alive.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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...the fire doesn't know for who is burning.
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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 wolf brothers can tear each others into pieces, no matter the blood kinship
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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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You have no idea what you have done.
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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.
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My son's name is Temujin," he said. "He will be iron.
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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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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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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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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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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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The right words are always there, if a man's sharp enough to see them.
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Life is never a simple problem made of questions and one answer. There are always plenty answers.