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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

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Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.

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The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

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He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.

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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 these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

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To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

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There is a joy in danger.

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A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.

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Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.

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Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

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One might as well try to charge through a wall.

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I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the sudden and numerous waves were stronger still, and I was wise enough to yield to them rather than resist them obstinately and make the ship founder. Thus I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances.

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A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

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As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined to superstition, it is proper not to oppose them.

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A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

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You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

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My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.

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I have only one counsel for you - be master.

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