Quotes by Georges Clemenceau

“A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed -- I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.”

“Aman who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he’s not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.”

“When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isnt a man of action.”

“I dont know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.”

“Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.”

“War is much too serious a matter to entrust to military men.”

“It is easier to make war than to make peace.”

“A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.”

“War is too important a matter to be left to the military.”

“War is much too important a thing to be left to the generals.”

All the great pleasures in life are silent.

All that I know I learned after I was thirty.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in victory.

A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.

War is much too important a matter to be left to the generals.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

My home policy: I wage war my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.

I dont know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.