Famous quotes containing the words nicolas and/or carnot:
“Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)
“The General Order is always to manoeuver in a body and on the attack; to maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline; to keep the troops constantly at the ready; to employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go; to use the bayonet on every possible occasion; and to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed.”
—Lazare Carnot (1753–1823)