Intelligent Quotes

“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.”

“In France, only the impossible is admired.”

“War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.”

“The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.”

“Success is the most convincing talker in the world.”

“The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal.”

“There is a joy in danger.”

“A Prince, criticised by his subjects, should never attempt to justify himself to them.”

“Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.”

“Death is a dreamless sleep.”

“The keys of a fortress are worth the liberty of its garrison when it has resolved not to surrender itself. Thus it is always more advantageous to grant honorable terms of capitulation to a garrison which has shown a vigorous resistance, than to risk the chances of an assault.”

“Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.”

“Coolness is the greatest quality in a man destined to command.”

“The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.”

“Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.”

“Nothing augments a battalion like success.”

“How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die.”

“A new-born government must dazzle.”

“Men who hesitate never succeed in their undertakings.”

“The man who practices virtue only in the hope of gaining reputation, is toying with vice.”