Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEAlexander, 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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A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
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The only victory over love is flight.
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves; one must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.
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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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I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
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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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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.
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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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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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You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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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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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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