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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIf the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds, I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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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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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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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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It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds, I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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Napoleon 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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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
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