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While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.
David Gemmell
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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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What is your name? Why? So I can mark your grave.
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A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.
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I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.
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Never be glad that another man has died. Not ever. [...] It never ends. Never... ever... be glad to kill.
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