39 quotes found
“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.”
“To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.”
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.”
“There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.”
“In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.”
“The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.”
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.”
“The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.”
“I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.”
“Men of learning in Milan have not enjoyed proper respect. They hid themselves in their laboratories and thought themselves lucky if . . . priests left them alone. All is changed today. Thought in I...”
“Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.”
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of ...”
“Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame.”
“I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.”
“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”
“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
