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As To Moral Courage, I Have Very Rarely Met With The Two O'clock In The Morning Kind. I Mean Unprepared Courage, That Which Is Necessary On An Unexpected Occasion, And Which, In Spite Of The Most Unforeseen Events, Leaves Full Freedom Of Judgement And Decision.

In Order Not To Be Astonished At Obtaining Victories, One Ought Not To Think Only Of Defeats.

A Great Reputation Is A Great Noise, The More There Is Of It, And The Further Does It Swell. Land, Monuments, Nations, All Fall, But The Noise Remains, And Will Reach To Other Generations.

A Great European Federative System Alone Can Be Favourable To The Development Of Civilisation.

At The Head Of An Army, Nothing Is More Becoming Than Simplicity.