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There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

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The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother

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Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine.

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Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

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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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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

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If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.

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I shall be an Attila to Venice.

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Lack is more in means, than in principles.

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I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able to stretch His hands across the centuries and control the destinies of men and nations.

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In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

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What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

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I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire.

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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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It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies.

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A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.

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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

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There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.

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Half of the people in the world are below average.

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He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.

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