I will finish what I have begun. I have said it. This is my khanate.


Conn Iggulden

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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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Let justice be done, though the world perish.
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Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.
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The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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If we still advise we shall never do.
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The word must is not to be used to princes.
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The end crowneth the work.
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A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
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One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
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God forgive you, but I never can.
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The past cannot be cured.
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The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.
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Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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All my possessions for a moment of time.
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Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.
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