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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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A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

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In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

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An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.

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I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.

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Vengeance is without foresight.

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How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!

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If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship we are sure to find them in our way.

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The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal.

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Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.

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Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

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I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

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From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

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England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

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All religions have been made by men.

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Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.

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Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?

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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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Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.

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The secret of war lies in the communications.

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