“If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.”

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

The only victory over love is flight.

I start out by believing the worst

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

With a good perspective of history, we can have a better understanding of the past and present, and thus a clear vision of the future.

History has no meaning.

The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.

Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.

To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.