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Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.
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In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse.
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When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.
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We are either kings or pawns of men.
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All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.
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In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.
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From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.
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I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates, Plato, Moses, and Mohammed I do not think there is such a one. All religions owe their origin to man.
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You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.
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Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.
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People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.
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Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!
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There is no power without justice.
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America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.
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A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
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The worse the man, the better the soldier.
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Space we can recover; time never.
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The public spirit is in the hands of the man who knows how to make use of it.
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In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.
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An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.
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What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.
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Secrets travel fast in Paris.
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The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other. They are worse than ever when, at the termination of their punishment, they return to society.
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To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes.
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