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The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone. - [Wisdom] The only victory aver love is flight. - [Love] The sight of a battlefield after the fight is enough to inspire princes with a love of peace and a horror of war. - [War] The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary. - [Proverbs : Words] The worse the man, the better the soldier. - [Soldiers] There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage. - [Calumny : Proverbs] There is no class of men so difficult to be managed in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched. - [Conscience] There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed. - [Accident] There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. [Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.] - to Abbe du Pradt, at Warsaw [Ridicule] They may say what they like; everything is organized matter. The tree is the first link of the chain; man is the last. Men are young; the earth is old. Vegetable and animal chemistry are still in their infancy. Electricity, galvanism,--what discoveries in a few years! - [Science] 'Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon. - [War] To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion. - [Glory] Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille. - [Tragedy] True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination. - [Enemies] Truth alone wounds. - [Truth] Vengeance is without foresight. - [Vengeance] Victory belongs to the most persevering. - [Perseverance] War,--the trade of barbarians! - [Soldiers] What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth! - [Religion] What is history but a fable agreed upon? - [History] When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. - [Firmness] When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only. - [Misfortune] When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion. - [Heart] Where flowers degenerate man cannot live. - [Flowers] Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.] - Instructions to Abbe de Pradt [Eating] Displaying page 4 of 4 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 [4]
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