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It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.
The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot
Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.
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.
Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat.
Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles
There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.
Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used.
Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.
I am more afraid of King Alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.
All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?
I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.
The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.
You think you are too intelligent to believe in God. I am not like you.
In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!
A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.
Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.
Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!
There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.
Words are living things. They have personality, point of view... agenda.
To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war.
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.
Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence.
In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised
Illegitimis non carborundum. Lat., Don't let the bastards grind you down.
In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.
To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
France needs nothing so much to promote her regeneration as good mothers.
When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!