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21 " Winter is our time. They shut up their cities for the cold months. They put their horses in stables and sit around great fires in enormous houses of stone. If you want a bearskin, do you attack in summer when it is strong and fast, or cut its throat as it sleeps? "
― Conn Iggulden , Khan: Empire of Silver (Conqueror, #4)
22 " Nothing sapped morale like the fear of being attacked from behind. "
23 " He who controls the heartland controls the world. "
24 " What we make can survive us. "
25 " The Buddha said, ‘Gripped by fear, men go to the sacred mountains and sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines.’ I am not afraid of death, my lady. I need no god to comfort me in my fear. "
26 " Every man has it's price, but it's almost never the gold "
27 " Cities make you afraid. "
28 " The horizons were wide enough for them all, he realised now, but the wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone. He could not bring back the years of his youth and live them with greater understanding. "
29 " A man must feel a little bit of fear, even if just to fell pride when he conquers it. "
30 " Genghis had once told him he should never give an order they would not obey. He should never let them see the limits of his authority. The "
31 " ...luxury is fleeting, but enjoy in it while lasts. "
32 " You respect orders because if you don't do this, you won't be able to expect the same from your people. You're a part of the wolf and not the entire wolf. A wolf cannot have more than one head, general, because it will fall apart "
33 " I say you are tribeless wanderers, without marks of rank or blood,’ Khasar said. ‘Don’t leave your posts while I am gone. I am going to ride into the city over your bodies. "
34 " In hunger, one doesn't choose "
35 " Whoever controls the heart of the land, controls the world "
36 " Industrial "
37 " Fools and gold go along with each other "
38 " For a moment, he almost wished Jochi alive so he could tell him how different things were, how his world had grown larger that the small inheritance they had fought over. The horizons were wide enough for them all, he realized now, but the wisdom of age is bitter when those you have failed have gone. "