The Venetian Betrayal Quotes

“If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“But heroes, at times, had to be fools.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“The lot of man is to suffer and die.What's gone is of no consequence.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“What chilling blows we suffer-thanks to our conflicting wills-whenever we show these mortal men some kindness.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“These encounters with students were beneficial on a multitude of levels, not the least of which was a reminder to her of what came before her. Twenty-three hundred years ago Alexander the Great marched thirty-two thousand kilometers and conquered the known world. He created a common language, encouraged religious tolerance, spurred racial diversity, founded seventy cities, established new trade routes, and ushered in a renaissance that lasted two hundred and fifty years. He aspired to arête. The Greek ideal of excellence”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“She thought again of the Iliad. And its lessons. The glory of war. The triumph of military values over family life. Personal honor. Revenge. Bravery. The impermanence of human life. The skin of a brave soldier never blanches. And had she blanched earlier, when she’d faced down the would-be assassin?”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“No quest worth the effort is without risk.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Beware the toils of war.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Sometimes life is fickle.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“We’re all tortured souls,”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“a friend was a second self,”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Anger seemed always directed at individuals—hatred preferred classes. Time cured anger, but never hatred.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Nothing quells progress more than long-term debt.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“bear that BBC News or CNN International any longer. They show the same stories over and over.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“But heroes, at time, had to be fools”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal