There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDifficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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