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- "If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated ..."
- "If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life ..."
- "If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. "
- "If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna. "
- "If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. "
- "If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. "
- "Imagination rules the world. "
- "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. "
- "In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less ..."
- "In politics stupidity is not a handicap. "
- "It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. "
- "It requires more courage to suffer than to die. "
- "Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. "
- "Let the path be open to talent. "
- "Medicines are only fit for old people. "
- "Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. "
- "Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. "
- "Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. "
- "Music of all the arts has the most influence on the passions and the legislator ..."
- "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. "
- "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. "
- "Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. "
- "One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority. "
- "One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. "
- "Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone ..."
- "Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult. "
- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. "
- "Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. "
- "Respect the burden. "
- "Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of ..."
- "Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. "
- "Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. "
- "The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely. "
- "The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who ..."
- "The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. "
- "The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. "
- "The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to ..."
- "The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second ..."
- "The French complain of everything, and always. "
- "The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. "
- "The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and ..."
- "The human race is governed by its imagination. "
- "The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. "
- "The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree ..."
- "The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication ..."
- "The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. "
- "The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better ..."
- "There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the ..."
- "There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. "
- "There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear. "
- "There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who ..."
- "There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. "
- "Vanity made the [French] Revolution; liberty was only a pretext. "
- "Victory belongs to the most persevering. "
- "War is the business of barbarians. "
- "Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. "
- "We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. "
- "What is history but a fable agreed upon? "
- "When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible ..."
- "When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level ..."
- "With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. "
- "Women are nothing but machines for producing children. "
- "You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the ..."
- "You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all ..."
