WednesdayAug 19, 2026
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
Imagination rules the world.
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.
The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
War - the trade of barbarians, and the art of bringing the greatest physical force to bear on a single point.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Men take only their needs into consideration never their abilities.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Men grow old quickly on the battlefield.
The Bible is not merely a bookit is a living power.... Nowhere as in the Bible can be found such a series of beautiful ideas and admirable maxims which pose before us like the battalions of a celestial army.... The soul can never go astray while it has this book for its guide.
My mind is a chest of drawers. When I wish to deal with a subject, I shut all the drawers but the one in which the subject is to be found. When I am wearied, I shut all the drawers and go to sleep.
Courage is like love it must have hope to nourish it.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
A resolute determination is the truest wisdom.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
An army marches on its stomach.
The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.
All things proclaim the existence of God.
Great men grow tired of contentedness.
Great men are meteors that burn so that the earth may be lighted.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.
The word impossible is not in my dictionary.
There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.
If you want to take Vienna, take Vienna!
In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I founded great empires. But upon what did the creation of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded his empire upon love, and to this very day millions would die for him.
A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration.
[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.
Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots.
What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap.
A revolution is an axiom backed by bayonets.
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
The only true conqueststhose that awaken no regrets are those obtained over our ignorance.
Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Stupidity is not a handicap in politics.
'Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas' From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
There are in the world two powersthe sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.
Do you know what astonished me most in the world? The inability of force to create anything. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the spirit.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
You may ask me for anything you like except time.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
War is not at all such a difficult art as people think.... In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that.
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.
Napoleon willed that he would, and did.
Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used.
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