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The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the difficulties which all existence contains. Let it be rejected, and the whole world is an enigma; let it be accepted, and we possess a wonderful explanation of the history of man.
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Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.
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You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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Peoples of Egypt , you will be told that I have come to destroy your religion. Do not believe it! Reply that I have come to restore your rights!
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When people cease to complain, they cease to think.
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There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched.
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All Italians are plunderers.
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It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.
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The mind of a general ought to resemble and be as clear as the field-glass of a telescope.
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Man will believe anything, as long as it's not in the bible.
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A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.
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England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.
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The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.
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Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.
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The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.
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The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory.
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The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.
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Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow.
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I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You.
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There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
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Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.
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Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
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Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
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When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.