10 persons who speak make more noise than 10,000 who are silent.
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A true man hates no one.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
What is history but a fable agreed 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.
With audacity one can undertake anything.
Imagination rules the world.
I made all my generals out of mud.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
The army is the true nobility of our country.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
