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Treaties Are Like Roses And Young Girls. They Last While They Last.

For All Of Us Frenchmen, The Guiding Rule Of Our Epoch Is To Be Faithful To France.

Nothing More Enhances Authority Than Silence. It Is The Crowning Virtue Of The Strong, The Refuge Of The Weak, The Modesty Of The Proud, The Pride Of The Humble, The Prudence Of The Wise, And The Sense Of Fools. To Speak Is To . . . Dissipate One's Strength; Whereas What Action Demands Is Concentration. Silence Is A Necessary Preliminary To The Ordering Of One's Thoughts.

In Politics It Is Necessary Either To Betray One's Country Or The Electorate. I Prefer To Betray The Electorate.

Men Can Have Friends, Statesmen Cannot.