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It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.

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The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the difficulties which all existence contains. Let it be rejected, and the whole world is an enigma; let it be accepted, and we possess a wonderful explanation of the history of man.

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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

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Half of the people in the world are below average.

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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

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All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

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It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

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Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

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Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.

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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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Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

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A leader is a dealer in hope.

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Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.

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In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.

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Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty of the people.

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It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

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If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

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A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.

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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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War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

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