Conn Iggulden Quotes
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There are no rules in life. Whether it is written down, or spoken by shamans, nothing binds a man beyond himself. Nothing, save the chains he accepts for himself. Laws and traditions mean nothing, if you have the strength.
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Rome wasn't built on caution and compromise.
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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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And the next time a pretty girl looks twice at you, start running. They're more trouble than they're worth.
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Perfection is in the little things
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Your brother beat him almost to death, Temujin. He held him and kicked him until he cried like a child. He is afraid of you, so he hates you. It would be wrong to hurt him again. It would be like beating a dog after it has loosed it's bladder. The spirit is already broken in him.
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Cities make you afraid.
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No worthy goal can be achieved easily. A virtue is born in suffering.
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Now there's nothing wrong with Booker prize novels - we all have wobbling tables or draughts coming in under the door
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Our life is just a bird, which flies into illuminated window, and then flies away, again, into the darkness
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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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A good decisions are never brought in a state of rage.
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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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What good is in dexterity of playing with logic when your weak soul retreats from difficulties?
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Enjoy the peaceful moments, Zhenjin. When the fighting starts, this will be a pleasant memory.
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A past is comforting because it' certain.
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Keep him alive," he whispered to the sky father. "Keep him strong and healthy. Keep him alive, for me to kill.
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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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Know the enemy and you will know how to kill him.
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My word is Iron
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Only memories stay the same, young lad. Everything else changes
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To defeat the enemy, we must know him first
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It's too late for remorse, but the old ones always regret for something
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There is a price for all things, my son, for all men. I have merely to find his.