Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
It is the success which makes great men.
I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.
When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Since the discovery of printing, knowledge has been called to power, and power has been used to make knowledge a slave.
It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.
I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.
The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school of the good soldier.
Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.
The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.
The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes
No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
War justifies everything.
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.
Vengeance has no foresight.
To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.
It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.
In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.
The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
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.
Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.
He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.
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