The Lion Quotes

“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