To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present to have done great things together to wish to do greater these are the essential conditions which make up a people
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As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.Ernest Renan
To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.
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The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
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No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.
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Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.
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Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why.
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