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Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics
Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.
In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.
There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich.
Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.
I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law.
The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.
God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.
Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.
He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.
An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.
Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.
To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.
Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.
My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.
Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.
Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.
The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot
Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used.