Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.
Occupation is the scythe of time.
Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.
Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot.
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.
Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.
Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.
Ability is noting without opportunity.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.
If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
My downfall raises me to infinite heights.
Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
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.
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.
Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
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