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Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.

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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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If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.

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You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them

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I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course.

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The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other. They are worse than ever when, at the termination of their punishment, they return to society.

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The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

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The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.

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A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.

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Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

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Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers perils with the treasures they amass.

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A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.

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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

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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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Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

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When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.

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A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits

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I shall be an Attila to Venice.

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The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

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In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.

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