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 Italy is free. Inquisition, intolerance, despots have ...
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Under a good administration, the Nile gains on the desert. Under a bad one, the desert gains on the Nile.
A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
