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What we make can survive us.
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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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Perfection is in the little things
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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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Only memories stay the same, young lad. Everything else changes
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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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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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It is the quality of the burden you must consider, Brutus, not the weight.
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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh
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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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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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Enjoy the peaceful moments, Zhenjin. When the fighting starts, this will be a pleasant memory.
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...luxury is fleeting, but enjoy in it while lasts.
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Vengeance is a fine thing, but forgiveness can be just as cruel.
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It's too late for remorse, but the old ones always regret for something
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To defeat the enemy, we must know him first
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A past is comforting because it' certain.
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Know the enemy and you will know how to kill him.
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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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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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There shouldn't be walls among the allies
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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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Rome wasn't built on caution and compromise.
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The eyes showed the soul and they were always hardest to mask.
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