There, ahead of me, was the enemy.I love the Danes. There are no better men to fight with, drink with, laugh with or live with. Yet that day, as on so many others of my life, they were the enemy and t...
The sun flashed off the wet blades, splinters of light, then the oars dipped, were tugged, and the beast-headed boats surged, and I stared entranced.
The people follow him.Because they have no choice. They follow, but do they love him?Some do, Appah Rao answered. But what does it matter? Why should a ruler want his people’s love? Their obedience, y...
The Tippoo should have killed you when he had the chance.We all make mistakes, sir.
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, Baird said, and you don’t piddle away your damned life because you don’t like His dispositions.
The General knew he would probably die, for infantry took pleasure in killing cavalry and he would be the leading horseman in the attack on the bridge, but the General was a soldier and he had long le...
Some had hurled spears first. Those spears thumped into our shields, making them unwieldy, but it hardly mattered. The leading Danes tripped on the hidden timbers and the men behind pushed the falling...
So sanity is not a requisite of soldiering,’ Wellesley said quietly.
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Seven kings will die, she had said, seven kings and the women you love. And Alfred's son will not rule and Wessex will die and the Saxon will kill what he loves and the Danes will gain everything, and...
Se gli uomini possono comprare la legge, diceva sempre Artù, allora la legge diventa inutile.
Quando um inimigo quer conversar significa que não quer lutar.
Put a cat to watch a flock and the wolves eat well.
Put a cat to guard the sheep and the wolves would eat well.
Pride, I suppose, is the most treacherous of virtues. The Christians call it a sin, but no poet sings of men who have no pride. Christians say the meek will inherit the earth, but the meek inspire no...
Os guerreiros defendem o lar, defendem as crianças, defendem as mulheres, defendem a colheita e matam os inimigos que vêm roubar essas coisas. Sem guerreiros a terra seria um lugar devastado, desolado...
Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods.
One of the things I can’t stand about Christians is their admiration of meekness. Imagine elevating meekness into a virtue! Meekness! Can you imagine a heaven filled only with the meek? What a dreadfu...
No man wanted to face warriors like Finan in battle.
Next time we fight the Danes you'll be with me.You?Because we are warriors, I said, and our job is to kill our enemies, not be nursemaids to weaklings.