The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.
I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.