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To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
by peanut-walrus 4y ago
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
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- gunfighthacksaw 4y ago
- afarrell 4y agoNo
- voisin 4y agoRelated: to see their cities reduced to ashes.
- afarrell 4y agoLooking at the photos of Mariupol or old photos of Tokyo and Dresden, I just feel sorrow.
- jaredcwhite 4y agoReference acknowledged.
- schappim 4y agoSource (Conan The Barbarian: What is best in life...?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XUu3_pLPUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XUu3_pLPUE
- Sukotto 4y agoScreenwriters for "Conan the Barbarian" (1982) might have got it from Part 2, Chapter XI of "Genghis Khan The Emperor Of All Men" by H. Lamb (1936). https://archive.org/details/genghiskhantheem035122mbp/page/n115/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/genghiskhantheem035122mbp/page/n... One day in the pavilion at Karakorum he asked an officer of the Mongol guard what, in all the world, could bring the greatest happiness. "The open steppe, a clear day, and a swift horse under you," responded the officer after a little thought, "and a falcon on your on your wrist to start up hares." "Nay," responded the Khan, "to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet -- to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women. That is best."
- alluro2 4y agoI was reading the other comments, rather seriously, reflecting, and got completely ambushed by your comment - actually LOLed hard - thank you :)
- uwagar 4y agohello chengiz khan