Conn Iggulden Quotes
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...the fire doesn't know for who is burning.
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A man should always care about pleasing his wife.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't hunt a man if he's searching for you
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Nothing pleased the Mongols more than a good trick on the field of battle.
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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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No worthy goal can be achieved easily. A virtue is born in suffering.
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You can't just wound the bear and run. He'll come after you.
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You have no idea what you have done.
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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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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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When you’re older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won’t die any quicker, but you’ll be less than the dirt on our boots. You’ll still be dust, but you’ll have wasted your short time in the light.
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It is the quality of the burden you must consider, Brutus, not the weight.
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What is the purpose of life if not to conquer? To steal women and land? I would rather be here and see this than live out my life in peace.
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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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No man can think about everything; we can only be ready for everything