One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.
Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, that to be able to decide.
The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind, I mean unprepared courage that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.
Circumstances - what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
With audacity one can undertake anything.
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
The torment of precautions ofter exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make oneself its slave.
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.
If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.
There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
This man wellington is so stupid he does not know when he is beaten, and goes on fighting.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Time is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men.
10 persons who speak make more noise than 10,000 who are silent.
How many really capable men are children more than once during the day?
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
You may ask me for anything you like except time.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
My downfall raises me to infinite heights.
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
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