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France will always be a great nation.
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Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.
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The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.
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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
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Unavailable wars are always just.
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It is with artillery that war is made.
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I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.
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All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.
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True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination.
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Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.
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In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.
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One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.
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Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
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To be believed make the truth unbelievable.
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No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.
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A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.
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The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
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To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.
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This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the word of 'liberty' sets minds on fire.
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The superior man is never in anyone's way.
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The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.
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Imagination governs the world.