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“Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.”
“Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.”
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
“We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.”
“A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.”
“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”
“The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.”
“The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.”
“The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.”
“I have only one counsel for you - be master.”
“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
“A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.”
“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.”
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
“The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.”
“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.”
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”