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Saladin was a man of keen intelligence. He was vigorous in war and unusually generous.

— William of Tyre Historia (1170)

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

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

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

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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.

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