Genghis Khan Quotes - Page 2

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• One of the joys of travel is visiting new towns and meeting new people.

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  People, Joy, Towns

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• People conquered on different sides of the lake should be ruled on different sides of the lake.

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  Lakes, People, Different

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• Perhaps my children will live in stone houses and walled towns - Not I

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  Children, House, Stones

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• Man's greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women

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  Men, Joy, Enemy

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• The strength of walls depends on the courage of those who guard them.

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  Wall, Depends

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• My life was too short to acheive the conquest of the whole world.

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  World, Too Short, Conquest

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• Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip and sent to be shepherds

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  Horse, Military, Brave

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• I am the punishment of God. If you have not committed sins then God wouldn't have sent me.

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  Punishment, Sin, Committed

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• The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from him all that he has.

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  Lying, Men, Roots

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• A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs, to hear the weeping of those who cherished them, to take their horses between his knees and to press in his arms the most desirable of their women.

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  Horse, Men, Enemy

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• In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work and uniting the whole world in one Empire.

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  Years, Space, World

  "The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption". Book by Clive Foss, p. 55, 2006.

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• If one must drink, then let one drink thrice a month, for more is bad. If one gets drunk twice a month, it is better; if one gets drunk once a month, that is better still; and if one doesn't drink at all, that is the best of all.

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  Drunk, Months, Drink

  "Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule". Book by George Lane, 2009.

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• Heaven is weary of the luxury of China. I shall remain in the wilderness of the north. I shall return to simplicity and moderations once again. As for the clothes I wear and the food I eat, I shall have the same as cowherds and grooms and I shall treat my soldiers as brothers. In a hundred battles I have been at the forefront and within seven years I have performed a great work, for in six directions of space all things are subject to one ruler.

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  Brother, Luxury, Clothes

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• Despite all expectations, the time of my last campaign and of my passing is near. I wish to die at home. Let not my end disarm you, and on no account weep for me, lest the enemy be warned of my death.

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  Home, Wish To Die, Expectations

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• Heaven has appointed me to rule all the nations, for hitherto there has been no order upon the steppes.

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  Order, Heaven, Has Beens

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• A man's greatest moment in life is when his enemy lays vanquished, his village aflame, his herds driven before you and his weeping wives and daughters are clasped to your breast.

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  Daughter, Military, Men

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• The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

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  Daughter, Horse, Wife

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• It is easy to conquer the world from the back of a horse.

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  Horse, Conquer The World, Easy

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• Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters.

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  Daughter, Lying, Wife

  Quoted inWitold Rodzinski, TheWalled Kingdom: A History of China (1979)

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