The Falcon of Sparta Quotes

“Your gold buys my service, pleasure of seeing Spartans in battle. It is a rare gift and worth more than mere coins. After all, most men see it only once and never again.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“When we meet again, Spartan,’ he murmured aloud, in prayer, ‘when you ask me what we did after your death, I will not be ashamed. I promise you that. I will bring them back.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“We are soldiers, Highness. We understand tomorrow could be the last day. Or the day after. A soldier has so little control over the time or manner of his ending. He can always choose how he faces it.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“the Spartans would want it known how they had died. Of all things, they considered the manner of death mattered as much as the manner of life.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“No matter how noble the goal is, reality is always bought by gold and silver.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“The axeman's axe doesn't ask which tree is gonna cut down.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“... great discoveries show themselves to those who have bravery to anwser sincerely.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“... the king is the one who disposes danger, even before the danger becomes aware of itself.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta

“Whether we succeed or die, it does not change what we must do. So I will set off with a glad heart. My people are all around me and my enemies are all behind. It will be a good day.”
― Conn Iggulden, The Falcon of Sparta