Religion is the idol of the mob it adores everything it does not understand.
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Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.N.B. A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757 By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.
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Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes. N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757: By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.
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Rogues, would you live forever?
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Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
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In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.
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They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for God.
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The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
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Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.
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Talents go by nature not by birth.
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It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
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Our work is to present things that are as they are.
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If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks.
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Every man should get into heaven his own way.
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An educated people can be easily governed.
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What is the good of experience if you do not reflect.
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