“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”
Men“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”
Time“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”
Men“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”
Peace“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
Power“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
War“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.”
Courage“Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.”
Fear“What is history but a fable agreed upon?”
History“War is the business of barbarians.”
Business“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
Success“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
Hope“Imagination rules the world.”
Imagination“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”
Power“There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.”
Men“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”
Death“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
God“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“All religions have been made by men.”
Men“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“I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.”
Love“Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.”
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