Conn Iggulden Quotes
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All men die,” Jelme went on, ignoring the outburst. “It could be tonight, next year, or in forty years, when you are toothless and weak. All you can do is choose how you stand when it comes.
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My word is iron," Kublai said to the guards, as Meng Guang was led away. "Your people will come to know this, in time.
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The decision took a moment, but it lasted a lifetime
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Every man should be khan in his own home.
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Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.
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We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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The eyes showed the soul and they were always hardest to mask.
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We are soldiers, Highness. We understand tomorrow could be the last day. Or the day after. A soldier has so little control over the time or manner of his ending. He can always choose how he faces it.
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I have not given thought to what comes after the battles. Perhaps I will rule. Is that not the right of a conqueror?
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It is the quality of the burden you must consider, Brutus, not the weight.
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We are all fools with our sons. We wipe them and suckle them and all we expect is for them to be grateful to the end of their days.
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As he prepared to ride on, he chuckled at the thought of the wolf entering the sheepfold. He would not ride with fire and destruction. The shepherd did not frighten his own pretty lambs.
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Sometimes it's better to just let the wave overcome you and then pick up the shards when it passes
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People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.
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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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You do not placate a tiger by feeding it your own flesh.
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A past is comforting because it' certain.
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We are not here to earn riches with a bow. The wolf does not think of fine things, only that his pack is strong and no other wolf dares to cross his path. That is enough.
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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.
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You have to consider the quality of the cargo and not the weight
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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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The eyes show the soul and they are the hardest to conceal.
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A good general is ready for every option.
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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.