Conn Iggulden Quotes
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The wolf brothers can tear each others into pieces, no matter the blood kinship
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Every man should be khan in his own home.
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It was a revelation as important as any other in its way – that expert men love their subject. Show them interest, show them fascination, and they see themselves reflected – and then they will move the world for you.
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Cities make you afraid.
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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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...holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.
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We see death in the loss of sweet daughters and wives and fathers and old friends
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A knowledge isn't dangerous. Only the man is dangerous.
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Some people will always be animals, while the others want to be... people.
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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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Now that we sharpened our teeth, let's use them.
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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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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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I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit.
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Every man has it's price, but it's almost never the gold
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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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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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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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This is my empire, Uriang-Khadai. I will not be made to leave. Ready the tumans for battle, Orlok. I will face my enemies and I will destroy them.
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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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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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It was the tragedy of women to be lusted after and stolen in the night.
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A silver speaks it's own language, does it not?
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A man must always have the final choice in life and in death. Anything else can be taken from him, but never that.