"We are working for a revolution. If we do not start it by improving the life of the soldiers, all slogans of reforming and improving society are but empty words."

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Chélan had acted as imprudently for Julien as he had for himself. He had given him the habit of reasoning correctly, and of not being put off by empty words, but he had neglected to tell him that this habit was a crime in the person of no importance, since every piece of logical reasoning is offensive.

— Stendhal