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Valor Is A Gift. Those Having It Never Know For Sure Whether They Have It Till The Test Comes. And Those Having It In One Test Never Know For Sure If They Will Have It When The Next Test Comes.

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Valor Is A Gift.

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Valor Is A Gift. Those Having It Never Know For Sure Whether They Have It Till The Test Comes. And Those Having It In One Test Never Know For Sure If They Will Have It When The Next Test Comes.

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The Best Cure For The Body Is A Quiet Mind.

Has A Man The Right To Kill Himself? Yes, If His Death Harms No One And If Life Is An Evil To Him. When Is Life An Evil? When It Offers A Man Nothing But Suffering And Pain.

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If You Set Out To Take Vienna, Take Vienna.

Reprisals Are But A Sad Resource.

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Courage Isn't Having The Strength To Go On - It Is Going On When You Don't Have Strength.

A Constitution Should Be Framed So As Not To Impede The Action Of Government, Nor Force The Government To Its Violation.

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Morality Has Nothing To Do With Such A Man As I Am.

The Bayonet Has Always Been The Weapon Of The Brave And The Chief Tool Of Victory

Never Lose Sight Of This Maxim, That You Should Establish Your Cantonments At The Most Distant And Best Protected Point From The Enemy, Especially Where A Surprise Is Possible. By This Means You Will Have Time To Unite All Your Forces Before He Can Attack You.

Men Will Risk Their Lives, Even Die For Ribbons.

There Shall Be No Alps.

Lack Is More In Means, Than In Principles.

There Is No Strength Without Justice.

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I See Only My Objective - The Obstacles Must Give Way.

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Jesus Chris Was More Than Man.

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Flatterers And Men Of Learning Do Not Accord Well With Each Other.

The Mohammedan Religion Is The Finest Of All.

Across A Chasm Of Eighteen Hundred Years, Jesus Christ Makes A Demand Which Is Beyond All Others Difficult To Satisfy; He Asks For That Which A Philosopher May Often Seek In Vain At The Hands Of His Friends, Or A Father Of His Children, Or A Bride Of Her Spouse, Or A Man Of His Brother. He Asks For The Human Heart; He Will Have It Entirely To Himself. He Demands It Unconditionally; And Forthwith His Demand Is Granted. Wonderful!

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When I Want Any, Good Head Work Done; I Always Choose A Man, If Possible With A Long Nose.

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