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“As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
“Because a warrior carries helmet and breastplate for his own protection, but his shield for the safety of the whole line.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
“The opposite of fear," Dienekes said, "is love.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
“Never forget, Alexandros, that this flesh, this body, does not belong to us. Thank God it doesn’t. If I thought this stuff was mine, I could not advance a pace into the face of the enemy. But it is not ours, my friend. It belongs to the gods and to our children, our fathers and mothers and those of Lakedaemon a hundred, a thousand years yet unborn. It belongs to the city which gives us all we have and demands no less in requital.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
“A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field. A king does not dine while his men go hungry, nor sleep when they stand at watch upon the wall. A king does not command his men's loyalty through fear nor purchase it with gold; he earns their love by the sweat of his own back and the pains he endures for their sake. That which comprises the harshest burden, a king lifts first and sets down last. A king does not require service of those he leads but provides it to them...A king does not expend his substance to enslave men, but by his conduct and example makes them free.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
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