Dunstan

by Conn Iggulden

Vengeance is a fine thing, but forgiveness can be just as cruel.

You cannot have an empire when your house is on fire.

All the philosophers of Greece and Rome had long sunny days to stroll and think. In England, we had to build roofs or freeze.

though I’ve learned that one great grief will open a door in us that cannot be closed again.

I will turn the other cheek, but I prefer my enemies to be dead when I do, so they cannot strike at me.