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A good sketch is better than a long speech.

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In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best.

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It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

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An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.

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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

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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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The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.

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A people that is able to say everything, becomes able to do everything. The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same eagerness were I marching to the Guillotine.

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Jesus Chris was more than man.

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God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.

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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

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The tools belong to the man who can use them.

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A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.

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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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Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.

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I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

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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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There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

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