A true man hates no one.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
All religions have been made by men.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
I made all my generals out of mud.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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 valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
The human race is governed by its imagination.
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.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
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.
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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