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The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.

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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

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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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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

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But it is at home and not in public that one should wash ones dirty linen. [Fr., Car c'est en famille, ce n'est pas en public, qu'un lave son linge sale.]

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It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

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France has more need of me than I have need of France.

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Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.

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Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

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It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.

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The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.

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Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.

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There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.

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

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The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.

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In statesmanship there are predicaments from which it is impossible to escape without some wrongdoing.

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In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

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The worse the man, the better the soldier.

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A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person giving the order is absent from the field of operations and is imperfectly aware or wholly unaware of the latest state of affairs. It follows that any commander-in-chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forward his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of his army's downfall.

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