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Plan for the worst, expect the best.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.
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A problem shared is a problem doubled.
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War. What was it about the prospect of some bloody enterprises that reduced men to the level of animals?
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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.
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Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.
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Love is for fools. It is a surging of blood in the loins ... there is no mystery, and no magic. Find someone else, my boy.
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How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.
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We are tiny flames, Helikaon, and we flicker alone in the great dark for no more than a heartbeat. When we strive for wealth, glory and fame, it is meaningless. The nations we fight for will one day cease to be. Even the mountains we gaze upon will crumble to dust. To truly live we must yearn for that which does not die.
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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.
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A man must know his limitations.
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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.
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A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.
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In my experience all women deserve someone better.
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Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.
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The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.
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Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.
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A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.
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It's a funny thing about weaknesses....Most people will tell you they know their weaknesses. When asked, they'll tell you, 'Well for one thing, I'm overgenerous.' ... that's what innkeepers are for.
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