"Better to have an open enemy, than hidden friends."
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"The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war."
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"Imagination rules the world."
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"All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything."
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"Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction."
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"Great men grow tired of contentedness."
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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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"If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna."
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"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."
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"There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest."
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"Opportunities? I make opportunities."
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"Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure."
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"There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate"
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"Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time."
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"I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire."
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"The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves."
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"Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits"
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"It requires more courage to suffer than to die."
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"We are either kings or pawns of men"
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"In politics stupidity is not a handicap."
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