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just started this account of John Hawkwood, mercenary general and power broker in Italy for decades, a self-made millionaire and landowner, soldier, general, politician, power broker in the most turbulent and violent of times and places. Definately d
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?”
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