"Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other."
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"Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext."
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"Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom!"
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"An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier."
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"I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You"
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"I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches."
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"We live and die in the midst of marvels."
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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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"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest. Victory belongs to the most persevering."
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"When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose."
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"Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg."
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"Passions change, politics are immutable."
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"A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation."
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"A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation."
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"Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty of the people."
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"In Russia there are no roads - only areas."
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"Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance."
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"One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered."
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"There is no real force without justice."
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"The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news."
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