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I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.

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

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Great men grow tired of contentedness.

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Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

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A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.

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A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.

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Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.

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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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Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.

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If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.

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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

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Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

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Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

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Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

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The implements to him who can handle them.

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A good sketch is better than a long speech.

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Equality should be the chief basis of the education of youth.

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To be believed make the truth unbelievable.

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A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.

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I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.

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