William of Tyre Quotes

d. 1180

William of Tyre (Latin: Willelmus Tyrensis; c. 1130 – 29 September 1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes called William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman.

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Towers, walls, and earthworks are of little value to a city unless there are defenders to man them.

Historia (1170)

Blessed is the man to whom are ascribed as faults those traits which would be called virtues in another.

Historia (1170)

The Caliph appointed commanders and supplied money, called for speed and censured delay.

Historia (1170)

It seemed to everyone that the only way to safety was to place the affairs of the Kingdom in the hands of the Count of Tripoli.

They promised to live in perpetuity as regular canons, without possessions, under vows of chastity and obedience.

Historia (1170)

It is said today that their wealth is equal to the treasures of kings.

Historia (1170)

The name means "bloody" or "dripping with gore."

Historia (1170)

They conferred, therefore, and with the ingenuity which is characteristic of those suffering misery and adversity, they had recourse to desperate devices.

Historia (1170)

A man of keen intelligence, vigorous in war, and unusually generous.

The enemy fleet approached the city boldly, bringing the townsmen the consolation they had hoped for.

Historia (1170)

He was considered by everyone to be most outstanding in the use of weapons and in military operations.

Historia (1170)

His strength and his prudence were not equal to the intolerable burden which he placed upon his shoulders.

Historia (1170)

He felt secure and trusted far too much in the good faith of the Turks, which gave the murderer his chance.

Historia (1170)

The name [Damascus] means "bloody" or "dripping with gore."

Egypt would neither know nor produce fruitful harvests of any kind if it were not fertilized at certain times by the overflowing bounty of the Nile.

Historia (1170)

The river thus expands or contracts the extent of the Kingdom, for the places which are not irrigated by the river are doomed, as we have said, to the burning sun and to perpetual sterility.

Historia (1170)

Like a prudent man, he breathed no harsh words and manifested no hatred. He concealed his designs with the shrewdness of which he was a master.

Historia (1170)

Everyone's mind was made up: put an end to so great an evil and arrive at a peace settlement whatever the outcome, and whatever the conditions.

Historia (1170)

They have also taken away tithes and first fruits from God's churches, have disturbed their possessions, and have made themselves exceedingly troublesome.

Historia (1170)

The Tyrians [said] it was better to surrender the city to the enemy, and to be able to go as free men to other cities of their people, rather than to waste away from hunger.

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