Conn Iggulden Quotes
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No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.
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Conquering enemy cities was far less complicated than the women in his life, or the children they bore for him.
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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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You do not placate a tiger by feeding it your own flesh.
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All information can be bought, my son, if you are willing to pay the price.
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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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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh
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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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A good general is ready for every option.
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The eagles ruled the air as the tribes ruled the land.
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You have to consider the quality of the cargo and not the weight
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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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He would never understand women, he thought. They were life’s great mystery.
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If a man has gold, he lives with the terror that someone will take it away from him, so he builds walls around it. Then everyone knows where the gold is, so they come and take it. That’s the way it always goes, brother. Fools and gold, together.
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Why do you hurt me? What more do you want?” she asked, tears shining in her eyes. “Power over you, little one,” he said, smiling. “What does any man want but that? It is something in the blood of every one of us. We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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You obey orders, because if you do not, you cannot expect the same from your men. You are part of the wolf, not the whole wolf. I would have thought you had learned that when you were a boy, but it is not the case. A wolf cannot have more than one head, General, or it tears itself apart.
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He holds blood in his right hand," she whispered. "He will walk with death all his life.
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If my brother was made to kneel... you will never walk again.
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Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous.
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My word is Iron
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To be close to your greatest desire could be an exquisite pain
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You cannot deceive the mirror
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Life is too valuable to be wasted and it lasts too short
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This book could not have been written without the people of Mongolia, who allowed me to live among them for a time and who taught me their history over salted tea and vodka while the winter eased into spring.