
cap. 6
All things considered
Chengiz Khan and his Mongols were cruel and destructive, but they were like others of their time. But Timur was much worse. He stands apart for wanton and fiendish cruelty.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 247
cap. 6
All things considered
They were a strange people, these Mongols; highly efficient in some ways, and almost childish in other matters. Even their ferocity and cruelty, shocking as it was, has a childish element to it. It is this childishness in them, I think, that makes these fierce warriors rather attractive.
Origine: Glimpses of World History, p. 225
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Personaggi originali, Brunello Robertetti
Origine: Citato in Paola Piacenza, Che bello essere orrenda http://www.iodonna.it/personaggi/interviste/2010/emma-thompson-tata-matilda-intervista-30630607398.shtml, Iodonna.it, 5 giugno 2010.
Origine: Da un messaggio sul forum di Radicali.it, ottobre 2000.
Origine: Il maratoneta, p. 31