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The greatest general is he who strikes the hardest blow, at the right time, and in the right place.

What is history, but a fable agreed upon?

Glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

I can lead a nation only by following its wishes.

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.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence, and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

If you want a thing done, do it yourself.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.