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A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.
A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, read more
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his read more
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of read more
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly ;for one.
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad.
Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad.
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
[Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere read more
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
[Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.]