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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

Charles de Gaulle

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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Character Face Fall Himself Man
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Destiny Feeing Instrument Myself
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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Day Death Evening Judgement Life Oneself Wait
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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Angry Myself Right Time Wrong
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Army Brilliant Mistake Planning Victory
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Decision Harmony Myself View
Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Day Flame Myself Resistance Talk
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Alone Bad Fate Hard Time Leadership
One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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Dangerous Nation Oneself Production Simplicity Threat
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Believe Himself Politics Quite Word
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Myself Thinking
Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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Content Effect Leadership Man Management Ordinary
Old age is a shipwreck.
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Age Myself Old Perspective
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Advantage Choice Government
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Annoy Country Creation Invention

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