What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Category Archive: 1769
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
I have only one counsel for you – be master.
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
The army is the true nobility of our country.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.