Quote #191

To write history, one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary should be free from all pre-occupation of interest or of vanity.

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  1. To seduce a wife from her husband, or a son from his father, are odious acts, unworthy of civilised nations.
  2. Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours.
  3. To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.
  4. Victory belongs to the most persevering.
  5. To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.
  6. War is the business of barbarians.
  7. To extraordinary circumstances we must apply extraordinary remedies.
  8. Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

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