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An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.
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If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought.
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We may stop ourselves when going up, never when coming down.
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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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Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.
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I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course.
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My business is to succeed, and I’m good at it. I create my Iliad by my actions, create it day by day.
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In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.
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The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.
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I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.
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Secrets travel fast in Paris.
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Public instruction should be the first object of government.
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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used.
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God is on the side of the heaviest cannon.
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Space we can recover; time never.
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It is cowardice to commit suicide.
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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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If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.
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Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.
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The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.
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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.