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1 " Your gold buys my service, pleasure of seeing Spartans in battle. It is a rare gift and worth more than mere coins. After all, most men see it only once and never again. "
― Conn Iggulden , The Falcon of Sparta
2 " the Spartans would want it known how they had died. Of all things, they considered the manner of death mattered as much as the manner of life. "
3 " 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. "
4 " When we meet again, Spartan,’ he murmured aloud, in prayer, ‘when you ask me what we did after your death, I will not be ashamed. I promise you that. I will bring them back. "