“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.”
Good“Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.”
Medical“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.”
Good“What is history but a fable agreed upon?”
History“When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.”
Great“War is the business of barbarians.”
Business“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
Politics“Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.”
History“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.”
Wisdom“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.”
Government“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”
Death“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.”
God“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”
Change“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
Power“There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.”
Fear“A picture is worth a thousand words.”
Art“In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.”
Politics“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
Success“The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.”
Great“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”
Politics“Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.”
Music“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
Death