Saladin Quotes

10 quotes from 8 authors

Turn your attention to Saladin, a name that still sparks fascination in the study of medieval conflict. These few sayings blend battlefield bravado with moral counsel, showing how reputation and honor were measured in centuries past. For deeper context, check the Crusades overview or Medieval Leaders collection.

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“It’s cat food — it’s for people like you!” Saladin”

Gordon Korman

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If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the…

Gerard de Ridefort

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The fame of a battlefield grows with its years; Napoleon storming the Bridge of Lodi, and Wellington surveying the towers of Salamanca,…

Robert Aris Willmott

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“So when King Guy of Jerusalem (the overall ruler of the Crusader states in Outremer) refused to punish Reynald for his rampant…

Ben Thompson

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Dan instantly recognized the angry scratch that stretched from the corner of Ian's eye all the way along the olive skin to…

Gordon Korman

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“Saladin even paid for the ransom of some of the Franks, as his personal almsgiving. The Christians were so positively impressed by…

Mustafa Akyol

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Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into…

Uri Avnery

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“He was weary. Used up. He had been weary for months, for more than a year. In that weariness, in the exhaustion…

Jennifer Roberson

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“Amy turned to Nellie. "Can you create a diversion to draw the clerk outside?" The au pair was wary. "What kind of…

Gordon Korman

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“The author of IRR, who worshipped the King, said he had the valor of Hector, the magnanimity of Achilles, the liberality of…

Barbara W. Tuchman

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