"In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one."
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"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."
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"Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack."
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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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"The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained."
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"Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests."
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"As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision."
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"Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty."
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"If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general."
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"Secrets travel fast in Paris."
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"Great ambition is the passion of a great character."
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"Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions."
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"He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long."
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"The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so."
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"From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events."
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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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"What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels."
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"To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war."
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"There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves."
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