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Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.
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Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.
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Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty of the people.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.
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One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.
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The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
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He who fears being conquered is certain of defeat.
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
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A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.
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Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.
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Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.
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One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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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.
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Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.
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The word impossible is not French.
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The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run.
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A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
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The superior man is never in anyone's way.
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Conscience is the most sacred thing among men.
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Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.
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The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense - he is always satisfied with himself.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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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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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
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The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.
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Imagination governs the world.
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It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.
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Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.
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Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.
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The superior man is never in anyone's way.
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I generally had to give in.
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It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
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