"Keep a good table and attend to the ladies."
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"For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor"
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"Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre."
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"Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia."
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"In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it."
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"What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!"
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"Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed."
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"The art of government is not to let me grow stale."
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"Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon."
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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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"A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated."
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"You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them."
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"To negotiate is not to do as one likes."
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"The tools belong to the man who can use them."
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"Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals."
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"Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men."
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"Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes"
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"The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger."
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"He who is unmoved by tears has no heart."
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"The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry."
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