When a body acts upon another one, it is always immediately or through some intermediate body; this intermediate body is in general what one calls a machine. — Lazare Carnot Copy Share Image
In a free country there is much clamor, with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, with much grievance. — Lazare Carnot Copy Share Image
... the sciences are like a beautiful river, of which the course is easy to follow, when it has acquired a certain regularity; but… — Lazare Carnot Copy Share Image
The General Order is always: ......To manoeuver in a body and on the attack. ......To maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline. ......To keep the… — Lazare Carnot Copy Share Image
When a body acts upon another one, it is always immediately or through some intermediate body; this intermediate body is in general what one… — Lazare Carnot Copy Share Image
![“... the sciences are like a beautiful river, of which the course is easy to follow, when it has acquired a certain regularity; but if one wants to go back to the source, one will find it nowhere, because it is everywhere; it is spread so much [as to be] over all the surface of the earth; it is the…” quote by Lazare Carnot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/33f/lazare-carnot-71332_beautiful_the-sciences-are-like-a-beautiful-river_1920482.jpg)
