Line #8 Quotes/GenghisKhan


1	->''"As historical badasses go, they don't get much more badass than Genghis Khan. The Mongolian warlord's story is full of revenge, crazy adventures and enormously bloody battles. Hell, he was still commanding armies at the age of 72 (and this was in 1227, so that's like being 150 today, you know, after inflation) if you believe some of the records, anyway. We're talking about a badass for the ages."''
2	-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}'''
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4	->''"While the [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Christians and Muslims came to blows]], one man decided that he would show them what [[AlwaysABiggerFish proper warmongering looked like]], that man was Genghis Khan."''
5	-->--'''Series/PhilomenaCunk'''
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7	->''"Genghis Khan was born in Central Mongolia in the year 1162 CE under the name "Temujin", meaning "Iron Man" and you know that when your parents name you after a Music/BlackSabbath song you're going to be trouble."''
8	-->-- '''Website/BadassOfTheWeek'''
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10	->''"[[TheScourgeOfGod I am the punishment of God.]] If you had not committed great sins, [[BadassBoast God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.]]"''
11	-->-- '''Attributed to UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan'''
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13	->''"The greatest joy for a man is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all they possess, to see those they love in tears, to ride their horses, and to hold their wives and daughters in his arms."''
14	-->-- '''Attributed to Genghis Khan'''
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16	->''"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."''
17	-->-- '''Genghis Khan'''
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19	->''"At Sarai, in the land of Tartary,\
20	There dwelt a king who warred on Russia, he,\
21	Whereby there died full many a doughty man.\
22	This noble king was known as Cambinskan,\
23	Who in his time was of so great renown\
24	That there was nowhere in the wide world known\
25	So excellent a lord in everything;\
26	He lacked in naught belonging to a king.\
27	As for the faith to which he had been born,\
28	He kept its law to which he had been sworn;\
29	And therewith he was hardy, rich, and wise,\
30	And merciful and just in all men's eyes,\
31	True to his word, benign and honourable,\
32	And in his heart like any center stable;\
33	Young, fresh, and strong, in warfare ambitious\
34	As any bachelor knight of all his house.\
35	Of handsome person, he was fortunate,\
36	And kept always so well his royal state\
37	That there was nowhere such another man.\
38	This noble king, this Tartar Cambinskan."''
39	-->-- '''Creator/GeoffreyChaucer''', ''[[Literature/TheCanterburyTales The Squire's Tale]]''
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41	->''"Attack with aggression, but always have a plan of retreat."''
42	-->-- '''Genghis Khan'''
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44	->''"I get a little bit Genghis Khan,\
45	Don't want you to get it on\
46	With nobody else but me"''
47	-->-- '''Miike Snow'''
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49	->''Blessed by the eternal sky,\
50	Born of the steppe,\
51	Everywhere in blue-skied Mongolia,\
52	His name resounds in the world,\
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54	The courageous Mongol Genghis,\
55	The sublime lord Genghis.\
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57	Even in burning wounds,\
58	A mind strong as steel,\
59	Like temporal swords,\
60	As powerful as a planetary bird,\
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62	The courageous Mongol Genghis,\
63	The sublime lord Genghis.\
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65	Blessed by the sky above,\
66	Possessed half the world,\
67	Engrained is his spirit,\
68	In the majestic and mighty world.\
69	\
70	The courageous Mongol Genghis,\
71	The sublime lord Genghis.''
72	-->-- In Praise of Genghis Khan
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