One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.
One must indeed be ignorant ...
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“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.
