Conn Iggulden Quotes
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A man should always care about pleasing his wife.
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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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...the fire doesn't know for who is burning.
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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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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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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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No worthy goal can be achieved easily. A virtue is born in suffering.
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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.
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It was the tragedy of women to be lusted after and stolen in the night.
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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 eyes showed the soul and they were always hardest to mask.
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When I think that I've mastered the game, it appears that every time I discover that I was playing blindly on some larger board.
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Just as the kids are afraid of the dark, so too are grown ups scared of power. It lures, but, also, consumes. It's a game that mustn't never be taken lightly.
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It is the quality of the burden you must consider, Brutus, not the weight.
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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.
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A wolf doesn't think about refined thing. He only cares that his pack is strong and that no other wolf dares to cross his way
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You have no idea what you have done.
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No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.
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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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Winter is our time. They shut up their cities for the cold months. They put their horses in stables and sit around great fires in enormous houses of stone. If you want a bearskin, do you attack in summer when it is strong and fast, or cut its throat as it sleeps?
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Life is never a simple problem made of questions and one answer. There are always plenty answers.
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All information can be bought, my son, if you are willing to pay the price.
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The eagles ruled the air as the tribes ruled the land.
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A man needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.