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We live and die in the midst of marvels.

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True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

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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.

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When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.

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In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

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Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

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We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections is to do them good.

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Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.

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Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.

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The confidence with which a Sovereign is invested, is solid only when it is sanctioned by the suffrages of the people, who clothed him with the supreme magistracy.

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The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

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To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.

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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

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Men grow old quickly on the battlefield.

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If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.

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Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds; and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.

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How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus.' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

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The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.

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There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

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