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Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot.
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.
You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.
I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.
Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.
He who leads troops has no right to think about himself.
I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.
Never wrestle with pigs. You get dirty and they enjoy it.
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.
Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
Wherever flowers cannot be reared, there man cannot live.
The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.
Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.
Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.
An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.
Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.
Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
The practice of law sharpens the mind by making it narrow.
A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.
High politic is only common sense applied to great things.
War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.
It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king.
Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.
We reach the point where our profession is also our hobby.
Thorough preparation must lead to success. Neglect nothing.
My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible.
Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet
If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind.
We often get in quicker by the back door than by the front.
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.