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just started this account of John Hawkwood, mercenary general and power broker in Italy for decades, a self-made millionaire and landowner, soldier, general, politician, power broker in the most turbulent and violent of times and places. Definately d
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Eleonora
― Eleonora
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