Conn Iggulden Quotes
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Hawks and eagles don't fly together. They are of totally different kind.
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To defeat the enemy, we must know him first
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It does not matter what others think of how I lived my life. It does not matter if we go down in Temuge’s histories as tyrants or even cowards. All that matters is what we do now. We are our only judges, Kachiun. Remember that. Those who come after will have other trials, other battles to worry about.
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Be careful in your life, Tolui. I want you fit and strong for when I come for you.
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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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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 nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.
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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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A good general is ready for every option.
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Perfection is in the little things
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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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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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My word is Iron
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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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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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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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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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A good decisions are never brought in a state of rage.
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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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A man could waste his life worrying, that was all too clear. Sometimes you simply had to choose and shrug, however it came out, knowing that you could not have done more with the bones you were given.
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...luxury is fleeting, but enjoy in it while lasts.
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Only memories stay the same, young lad. Everything else changes
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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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A single words are cruel burden to man if he doesn't learn not to pay attention on them.