“Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.”
“I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”
“an action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.”
“Who can’t stop drinking may get drunken three times a month. If he does it more often, he is guilty. To get drunken twice a month is better; once, still more praiseworthy. But not to drink at all - what could be better than this? But where could such a being be found? But if one would find it, it would be worthy of all honour.”
“At military exercises I am always in front, and in time of battle I am never behind. In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work, and uniting the whole world in one empire.”
“ When it was wet we bore the wet together, when it was cold we bore the cold together.”
“It is not sufficient that I succeed; all others must fail.”
Genghis Khan (1162-1227)
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