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In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
Experience is the teacher of all things.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.
I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.