A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
All religions have been made by men.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
An army marches on its stomach.
The army is the true nobility of our country.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
