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I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.
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Jesus Christ was more than man.
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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers.
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I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.
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It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.
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True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.
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War is ninety percent information.
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He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.
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All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.
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Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.
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I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.
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History is a myth that men agree to believe.
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Suicide is a crime the most revolting to the feelings; nor does any reason suggest itself to our understanding by which it can be justified. It certainly originates in that species of fear which we denominate poltroonery. For what claim can that man have to courage who trembles at the frowns of fortunes? True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life in whatever shape they may challenge him to combat.
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Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him. When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
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A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.
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On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.
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Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law.
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Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.
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There shall be no Alps.
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The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.
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I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way.
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The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.
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Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.
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When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.
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