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“The noxious fumes of Christianity were poisoning the revolutionary will”

“… in war not victories are blessed but defeats. Governments need victories, and the people need defeats. victory gives rise to the desire for more victories. But after a defeat, it is freedom that men desire, and usually attain. A people needs defeat just as an individual needs suffering in misfortune: they compel the deepening of the life and spiritual upsurge”

“For mercy one must have wisdom”

“Well fed horses don’t rampage”

“What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve for”