7 Quotes by Simon Scarrow

Agora, Cato preferira regressar às casernas depois da instrução. Era imprescindível fazer amigos quanto antes, pensou. Mas como? E quem? Os outros tinham constituído pequenos grupos durante a viagem desde Avêntico, enquanto ele passara o tempo a ler o maldito Virgílio, recordou com súbita fúria. Dava tudo para voltar a iniciar aquela viagem, sabendo o que sabia agora.

Truly, Macro thought, the most effective weapons in Rome’s arsenal were the picks and shovels wielded by her soldiers.

We get what fate deals out to us, lad. And we have no choice about how we handle it.’ Cato smiled. ‘What’s this? Philosophy?’ ‘Experience, lad. Much better.

Lust? Who's talking about lust? You want to screw her, right? So that's your objective. All you need now is deployment of the appropriate tactics to manoeuvre her into an advantageous position and then secure your conquest. Then it's just a question of mopping up.

Lust? Who’s talking about lust? You want to screw her, right? So that’s your objective. All you need now is deployment of the appropriate tactics to manoeuvre her into an advantageous position and then secure your conquest. Then it’s just a question of mopping up.

A glorious victory has a funny way of erasing memories of the reasons why a victory was needed in the first place.

You cannot teach a man how to forget fear. It is a rare quality.