To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThere shall be no Alps.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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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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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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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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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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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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There shall be no Alps.
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Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
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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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Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.
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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
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History is written by the winners.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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There is a joy in danger.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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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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