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There Are So Many Laws That No One Is Safe From Hanging.

Never Awake Me When You Have Good News To Announce, Because With Good News Nothing Presses; But When You Have Bad News, Arouse Me Immediately, For Then There Is Not An Instant To Be Lost.

War Is A Lottery In Which Nations Ought To Risk Nothing But Small Amounts.

When Defending Itself Against Another Country, A Nation Never Lacks Men, But Too Often, Soldiers.

Victory And Disaster Establish Indestructible Bonds Between Armies And Their Commanders.