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It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed.

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As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.

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The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

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In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.

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Passions change, politics are immutable.

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He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

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An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons.

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Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.

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A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration.

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A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.

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Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.

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In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power.

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My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.

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The only victory over love is flight.

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Space we can recover; time never.

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Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.

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The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

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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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Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards

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An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

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