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The Lion (The Golden Age #1) The Lion by Conn Iggulden
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“Sometimes the people vote a fool to power. The only comfort is that they can remove him. A tyrant would last rather longer.”
Conn Iggulden, The Lion
“Success could be beaten and subdued like metal on a forge or a wild horse.”
Conn Iggulden, The Lion
“The stage is yours today, but mine forever.”
Conn Iggulden, The Lion
“Ideas come from discussion.”
Conn Iggulden, The Lion
“If a viper makes it's nest under the floor of a house, we do not ignore it, or strike back only when it's children crawl into our rooms at night.”
Conn Iggulden, The Lion
“It was not that authority came without crushing weight, just that the alternative was living at another’s whim.”
Conn Iggulden, The Lion