I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates, Plato, Moses, and Mohammed I do not think there is such a one. All religions owe their origin to man.
My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But ... what will live forever, is my Civil Code.
It is necessary for the heart to feel as for the body to be fed.
I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.
In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!
Vengeance is without foresight.
Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.
Space we can recover; time never.
I like honest men of all colors.
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
The only victory over love is flight.
Treason is a matter of dates.
There is a joy in danger.
Suicide is a crime the most revolting to the feelings; nor does any reason suggest itself to our understanding by which it can be justified. It certainly originates in that species of fear which we denominate poltroonery. For what claim can that man have to courage who trembles at the frowns of fortunes? True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life in whatever shape they may challenge him to combat.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.
Speeches pass away, but acts remain.
War is the business of barbarians.
The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.
I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.
When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him. When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
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