Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.