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Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

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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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Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army.

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It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

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Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.

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There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

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In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.

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Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

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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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It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.

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In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.

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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

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The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.

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One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

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Opportunities? I make opportunities.

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All religions have been made by men.

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Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.

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My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.

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The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

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