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The men who make history have not time to write it.

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

Stability is not immobility.

The obvious is always least understood.

It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.

Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.

The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.

I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.

When Paris has a cold, all Europe sneezes.

Error has never approached my spirit.

Italy is only a geographical expression.