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.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.
The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character.
My downfall raises me to infinite heights.
God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.
It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.
Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.
Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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.
To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.
As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.
The worse the man, the better the soldier.
Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow.
I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
To be believed make the truth unbelievable.
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.
The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work.
Fashion condemns us to many follies, the greatest is to make oneself its slave.
As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined to superstition, it is proper not to oppose them.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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