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Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

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In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.

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There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

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

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The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric.

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When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.

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No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.

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

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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

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To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.

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A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?

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I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

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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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We live and die in the midst of marvels.

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I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.

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Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

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This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the word of 'liberty' sets minds on fire.

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Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.

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We walk faster when we walk alone.

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