Norman quote:
"They are a people accustomed to war, so they can scarcely live without it; they charge the enemy fiercely, but whenever force itself is not enough, they are just as prepared to use some stratagem or to corrupt with bribes"
- William of Malmesbury, Ecclesiastical History describing Normans
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Vladimir on Islam's prohibition of drink:
"Drinking is the joy of the Russes. We cannot exist without that pleasure."
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