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“You bastard!' he shouted. He was quick. No warrior stays alive by being slow.”

Book:The Empty Throne

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The Empty Throne

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Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell, born on February 23, 1944, is a renowned British historical novelist. His works, set in medieval England, are particularly known for their vivid depiction of warfare and knightly life, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“He was a horrid-looking fellow. Fat as a pig he was, and his face was the colour of cottage cheese. His collar was unbuttoned and his silk tie was spotted with egg stain. His stomach stuck out like a sagging pillow and his little thin legs fell away under it to end in torn felt slippers. He was all bristly blond jowls, tiny puffy hands and long blond curly hair, like some monstrous baby swelled to man size.”

Fat Man Bernard

Book:The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Source: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

“Cnut Longsword had near killed me with his blade Ice-Spite and it was small consolation that Serpent-Breath had sliced his throat in the same heartbeat that his sword had broken a rib and pierced my lung.”

Uhtred Bernard Cornwell Saxon Stories The Empty Throne Cnut

Book:The Empty Throne

Source: The Empty Throne

“Geleceği görebilmek için tarih bilmek çok önemli. Birey için hafıza neyse bir ulus için de tarih odur. Tarihini çarpıtan bir toplum nörotik bir kişi, tarihini bilmeyen bir toplum ise hafızasını kaybetmiş insan gibidir.”

Tarih Toplum Bernard Lewis Hafıza

Author:Bernard Lewis

“As a young man, Montgomery was noted by his superiors for his strong abilities as an analyst. He began the war in 1914 as a Lieutenant leading a platoon of 30 men. Within only four years, he had become the Chief of Staff of a division by age 30.”

Field Montgomery Bernard Marshal

Book:Bernard Montgomery's Art of War

Source: Bernard Montgomery's Art of War

“Like Montgomery, Musashi was a physically aggressive man who devoted his entire life to mastering the art of war. Also like Montgomery, Musashi was an independent thinker who believed a warrior needed to have a well-rounded intellectual background in order to truly master strategy.”

Field Montgomery Bernard Marshal Miyamoto Musashi Musashi Zita

Book:Bernard Montgomery's Art of War

Source: Bernard Montgomery's Art of War

“The troops must be brought to a state of wild enthusiasm. They must enter the fight with the light of battle in their eyes and definitely wanting to kill the enemy.”

War Field Montgomery Bernard Marshal Zita Steele

Book:Bernard Montgomery's Art of War

Source: Bernard Montgomery's Art of War

“Oscar François. You truly are a woman. Fearsome…”

Bernard

Book:The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 2

Source: The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 2

“He was a hard man, but what else would he be? He had stood in the shield wall, he had watched the Danes come to the attack, and he had lived. He was no youngster.”

Bernard Cornwell Saxon Stories The Empty Throne Brice

Book:The Empty Throne

Source: The Empty Throne

“That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't.”

Life Philosophy Wisdom Humor Truth

Book:Forever...

Source: Forever...

“Nietzsche's criticism can be reduced to one proposition: modern man has been trying to preserve biblical morality while abandoning biblical faith. That is impossible.”

Faith Morality Friedrich Nietzsche

Book:The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss

Source: The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss

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