Conn Iggulden Quotes
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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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The point of war is to win, Kachiun. It does not matter how we do it, or how long it takes.
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The suffering of my enemies will be a feast to the spirits. When I am old, I will remember the tears they have shed and it will ease my bones.
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Whoever controls the heart of the land, controls the world
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A good general is ready for every option.
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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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Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous.
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Xuan smiled at the thought of men sleeping peacefully next to those they would try to kill in daylight. Only humanity could have conceived such a strange and artificial way to die. Wolves might tear the flesh of deer, but they never slept and dreamed near their quarry.
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If they love you, they will do what you wish,but only WHEN they want to. If they fear you, they will do what you wish EXACTLY when you wish. So, is it better to love or fear you?
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No man could be a khan to his mother.
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There was no destiny in life, nothing beyond what a man could take and hold for himself.
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A man should always care about pleasing his wife.
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...luxury is fleeting, but enjoy in it while lasts.
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The eyes showed the soul and they were always hardest to mask.
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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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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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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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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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It is the quality of the burden you must consider, Brutus, not the weight.
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God giveth and God taketh away. Just be sure you’re present when he giveth – and somewhere else when he taketh it all back.
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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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Predators did not need mercy.
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We would all be a tyrant if we could.
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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh