Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTENapoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
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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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I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
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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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The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
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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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Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies
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