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1 " Ignorance and fear create the gods, enthusiasm and deceit adorn them, and human weakness worships them. "
― Graham McNeill , False Gods (Horus Heresy #2)
2 " The Emperor tells us that civilization will only achieve perfection when the last stone of the last church falls upon the last priest. "
3 " He (the Emperor) once said of ancient Earth that there were torches, who were the teachers, but also extinguishers, who were the priests. "
4 " In mockery are the seeds of impiety sown. "
5 " I was there the day that Horus fell. "
6 " A wise man of Old Earth had once claimed that science would destroy mankind, not through its weapons of mass destruction, but through finally proving that there was no god. "
7 " I know, but it is a pleasant fiction, my dear, and the sheer impossibility of a quest is no reason to abandon it. "
8 " One should never see a drinking establishment well lit, he thought, it just makes it look even sadder. "
9 " It is the folly of men to believe that they are great players on the stage of history, that their actions might affect the grand procession that is the pasage of time. "
10 " There is a Kretan proverb that says that peace is always “over there”, but that is no longer true: it is within our grasp. "
11 " So long as Man endures, so too does Chaos. "
12 " I suppose that’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime,’ nodded Horus, ‘to set an example, and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history "
13 " Common decency and civil behaviour are just a thin veneer over the animal at the core of mankind that gets out whenever it has the chance. "
14 " The truth is useless if no one can hear it. "
15 " Life is a risk, my friend. ... We cannot avoid risk, my friend, for if we do, we achieve nothing. "
16 " When you have come to the edge of all that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen,’ the Warmaster had told him. ‘And what are they?’ he had asked. ‘That there will be something solid to stand on or you’ll be taught to fly,’ laughed Horus as he jumped. "
17 " No querida, la ignorancia y el miedo crean a los dioses, el entusiasmo y el engaño los adornan, y la debilidad humana rinde les rinde culto. "
18 " Las palabras moldean el pensamiento, remueven los sentimientos y accionan las fuerzas. Matan y reviven, corrompen y curan. "
19 " Those with courage and character to speak the truth always seem sinister to the ignorant."- First Chaplain Erebus "
20 " History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future."- Warmaster Horus "
