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The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

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Ability is noting without opportunity.

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The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

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In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.

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I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

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There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

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It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

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God is on the side of the heaviest cannon.

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Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

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To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

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Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

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To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

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Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds; and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.

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You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them

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In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.

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Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

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I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.

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The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

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Men are ruled by toys.

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