Conn Iggulden Quotes
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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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There was no justice in the world and evil men prospered. Kachiun struggled not to despair as he wrapped his deel around him, but there were times when he hated as ferociously as Temujin did. There should be justice. There should be revenge.
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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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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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You can't just wound the bear and run. He'll come after you.
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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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If my brother was made to kneel... you will never walk again.
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You do not placate a tiger by feeding it your own flesh.
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The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.
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It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.
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No man can think about everything; we can only be ready for everything
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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 needs to feel a little fear, Tolui, if only to have the pride of conquering it.
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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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Every man should be khan in his own home.
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Every man, who has fought in a battle, is now ash, every sword has been eaten by rust, but the lessons still must be learned
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I am the land, the bones of the hills," he said fiercely, "I am the winter. When I am dead, I will come for you all in the coldest nights.
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A little guilt has made more than a few men live better than they would have done—trying to even the scales before they cross the river.
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The right words are always there, if a man's sharp enough to see them.
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You have no idea what you have done.
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It was the tragedy of women to be lusted after and stolen in the night.
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We see death in the loss of sweet daughters and wives and fathers and old friends
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My son's name is Temujin," he said. "He will be iron.
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If word got out that anyone was moving soldiers, they could expect a tuman to turn up on the horizon. Genghis was not a man to ignore a naked challenge to his authority. The Mongol army moved and millions would die.