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1 " The man attempted to salute and Renius forced himself to smile, biting back his temper at the sloppy manners. He watched the fat figure run away into the buildings and wiped the first beads of sweat from his brow. Strange that such men as that should understand loyalty where so many others threw it aside at the first hint of freedom. "
― Conn Iggulden , The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)
2 " Perhaps he needs the money. Some of the men live too richly for their purses, if you understand me. Fame would allow him large debts, but everything has to be paid back in the end. "
3 " Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius "
4 " I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man’s talents than the upbringing of his son. "
5 " I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit. "
6 " No man can think about everything;we can only be ready for everything "
7 " A good general is ready for every option. "
8 " Only memories stay the same, young lad. Everything else changes "
9 " Every man, who has fought in a battle, is now ash, every sword has been eaten by rust, but the lessons still must be learned "
10 " Some people will always be animals, while the others want to be... people. "
11 " To be strong - that's the first thing the man must learn. If you don't have strength, others can take you everything you have or make "
12 " We must be grateful that the Senate appreciates gold. The senators think only about new horses and slaves, but they were never poor as much as I've been poor. I appreciate gold only because of what it brings to me and this is where it's placed me - on this stairs, with the largest city in the world behind me. "
13 " No man can think on everything;we can only be ready for everything "
14 " What good is in dexterity of playing with logic when your weak soul retreats from difficulties? "
15 " an arrow doesn’t care who it kills. "
16 " I will need good friends around me if I am to survive my first year of politics. My father described it as walking barefoot in a nest of vipers. "
17 " Life is never a simple problem made of questions and one answer. There are always plenty answers. "
18 " Rome wasn't built on caution and compromise. "
19 " Life has ways to turn and curve in a way you don't expect. But, I wouldn't want to be different, no matter the suffering it brings. Too many futures have already been decided; it's good we can't now every detail because life would have been grey and it would turn in a boring kind of death "
20 " 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? "