The Gates of Rome Quotes

“Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“No man can think about everything;we can only be ready for everything”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“Only memories stay the same, young lad. Everything else changes”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“A good general is ready for every option.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“Some people will always be animals, while the others want to be... people.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“I think myself as a searcher for truths, with new truth for each place I visit.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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

“from the public gaze by iron gates, taller than a man. Each was numbered and entered by a small door for those on foot. Tubruk explained”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“You hold history, boy. Land that has seen things we cannot. You hold your family and Rome in your hand. It will grow crops for us and feed us and make money for us so that we can enjoy luxuries. Without it, we are nothing. Land is everything, and wherever you travel in the world, only this soil will be truly yours. Only this simple black muck you hold will be home to you.”
― Conn Iggulden, EMPEROR: The Gates of Rome, Book 1

“Only memories stay the same, lad. Everything else changes. When you see Rome again, you’ll hardly know it and all the people you loved will be different. There’s no stopping it, it’s the most natural thing in the world.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“know every detail or life would become a grey, dull sort of death.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“Life is never a simple problem from question to answer. There are always many answers.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“Some things must simply be borne, he knew. The whip falls and hurts and you must quietly wait for it to fall no more.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“were”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“but what good is thousands of years of art if you can't defend yourself?”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“ram's horn.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“an arrow doesn’t care who it kills.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“A power is seductive”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“No man can think on everything;we can only be ready for everything”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“Rome wasn't built on caution and compromise.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“Life is never a simple problem made of questions and one answer. There are always plenty answers.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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 to fear you?”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“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?”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome

“An earlier start can break their spirit; go later and their spirit has already gotten hardened in the wrong place”
― Conn Iggulden, The Gates of Rome