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    So, how about a list of medieval quotes for the loading screen, a la the ancient quotes on the RTW loading screens? I'll kick off.

    Will no-one rid me of the turbulent priest? Henry II
    "I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."

    Senator Augustus Verginius

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    Will no one revenge me of the injuries I have sustained from one turbulent priest?
    Henry II

    Heretics try to tear the seamless robe of our God
    Emperor Frederick II

    So long as I have lived I have striven to live worthily. I desire to leave the me who come after me a remembrance in good works
    Alfred the Great

    For likewise as chivalry gives to a knight all that to him appertains, in likewise a knight ought to give all his forces to honor chivalry
    Ramon Lull, Book of Knighthood and Chivalry

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    Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

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    Given the Python references in RTW I wouldn't be surprised. They even got Up Pompeii in there |
    "I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."

    Senator Augustus Verginius

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    O King, seems to me the present life of men on earth, in comparison with that time which to us is uncertain, as if when on a winter's night you sit feasting with your ealdormen and thegns, - a single sparrow should fly swiftly into the hall, and coming in at one door, instantly fly out through another.

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    Ogres are like onions... They have layers
    Shreck

    Put the Bunny back in the box
    Nicholas Cage (Con Air)

    My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the armies of the North, General of the Felix legions. Loyal to the true Emporer Marcus Aurelius, Father to a murdered son, Husband to a murdered wife and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.
    Russel Crowe (Gladiator)

    I only told you to blow the bloody doors off!
    Micheal Caine (Italian Job)

    Every time I try to talk to someone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy"
    God (Monty Python and Holy Grail)

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    I hope they dont have loading screen quotes. They're fun for the first couple of times then they become repetitive and annoying (like the assassin etc cut scenes).
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    lol JFC!

    Ibn Khaldun's work is full of these sorts of quotes, I'll just throw a couple in...

    "When a dynasty is firmly established, it can dispense with group feeling." - Ibn Khaldun

    "A closed formation is like a long wall or a well-built castle which no one could hope to move." - Ibn Khaldun

    "Who asks if fraud or force availed the foe?" - William of Malmesbury
    "Die Wahrheit ruht in Gott / Uns bleibt das Forschen." Johann von Müller

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    "All your base are belong to us." -Macchiavelli

    A truly inspirational quote from a fine military writer.
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    Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will her leader be, and what a wonderful army will that army be! Prophet Muhammed

    If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him. Ali ibn Abi Talip

    Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor. Ali ibn Abi Talip

    Failures are often the results of timidity and fears; disappointments are the results of bashfulness; hours of leisure pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good. Ali ibn Abi Talip

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    War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
    -Georges Clemenceau

    The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
    -George Orwell

    Well, we'll not risk another frontal assault. That rabbit's dynamite!
    -King Arthur

    You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called "Arthur King," you and all your silly English K-nig-hts.
    -A French soldier addresses King Arthur
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    "To deliver the city to you, is neither my right nor the right of any other of its inhabitants, as we all, by common opinion, are going to die defending ourselves and we will not spare our lives." - Emperor Constantine XI

    "Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one" - Pope John XXIII

    "I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman" - King James I

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    Remember, there's always something cleverer than yourself.
    -Merlin
    I remember my first joust. It looks far worse than it feels!
    - Sir Ector
    For by the law of God, no knight who is false can win in combat with one who is true.
    - King Arthur

    All from the movie Excalibur.

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    "You have grown to attached to that blonde head of yours that you have become far too afraid to lose it"-Gerard de Rideford

    So what does it matter what you say? Saladins wealth is noble plunder for us, and as for his army which you say is of the greatest size in all the world that only adds more fuel for the devels fire"-Reynald de Chattallion

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    Quote Originally Posted by Horatius
    "So what does it matter what you say? Saladins wealth is noble plunder for us, and as for his army which you say is of the greatest size in all the world that only adds more fuel for the devels fire"-Reynald de Chattallion
    Sorry, I just saw Kingdom of Heaven on cable last week. Stupid Stupid Stupid .

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    " I am the beginning and the end."
    -Jesus Christ
    (may be quoted wrong)

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    "Justice is a paradise for the aggrieved, and a hell for the unrighteous" - Khalid bin al-Walid
    "Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much."

    Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.

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    "Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?
    Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women! "

    -Conan the barbarian

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    Quote Originally Posted by TB666

    "Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?
    Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women! "

    -Conan the barbarian
    Evil..
    "Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much."

    Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.

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    The Conan quote was originally from Ghengis Khan, AFAIK.

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    Yep, one of Chingis's most renowned quotes. Then again my poor Japanese translation quote was said by Machiavelli in my post.
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    what does AFAIK mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Spartan
    what does AFAIK mean?
    As Far As I Know

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Spartan
    what does AFAIK mean?
    As far as I know.

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    AFIAK two an Orgah and a mod said the same thing at the same time.

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    'It seems that breasts play a very important part in our lives' - Ma Jian
    'My punishment is far greater: I forgive you, and set you free' - Alp Arslan


    'My intelligence is not just insulted, it's looking for revenge with a gun and no mercy. ' - Frogbeastegg

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Spartan
    AFIAK two an Orgah and a mod said the same thing at the same time.
    nice.

    "Hurry to meet Death before you're place is taken."

    "Fear profits a man nothing"

    "Give an Arab a sword, he makes a knife."

    "Any fool can calculate strength"

    All from the movie "the 13th Warrior"

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    hah!
    btw, while you guys were at it, what does tbh mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir
    Sorry, I just saw Kingdom of Heaven on cable last week. Stupid Stupid Stupid .

    Hey stud, you need any water?

    Nah, God will provide. (not a quote, juist commentary)
    I agree that Kingdom of Heaven is stupid, it is really one sided in it's depiction of the Crusaders and the Muslims, however that is how Reynald de Chattalion really responded to Raymond III at the Kings Council which Guy de Lusignan called to discuss how best to defeat Saladin, Raymond offered good advice, and this is how Reynald de Chattalion responded to it, I can get you Raymond III Speech as well if you wish but that quote is historical, not an invention of Holywood.

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