Victor Hugo on army
“No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.”
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The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To love another person is to see the face of God.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is life, if it is not death.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
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Those who are opposed to armed uprising. Must be ruthlessly kicked out as enemies, traitors and cowards.
Vladimir LeninVladimir Lenin Ah, these diplomats! What chatterboxes! There’s only one way to shut them up – cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go and get me one!
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
AristophanesAristophanes When in doubt, ATTACK!
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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