In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEYou would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
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Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible
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Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
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I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind
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All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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