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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.

Napoleon Bonaparte

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Enemy Injury Power Yourself
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Ability Decision Difficult
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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Greatness Man Missing Opportunity
History is written by the winners.
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History Winner Writing
One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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Ideas Mad Man Oneself
I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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Fate Goodness Himself Myself
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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Control Enemy Oneself War Win
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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Daily Death Defeat Live
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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Death God Scare
What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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Government Opinion Support
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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Perseverance Victory
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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End Greatness Quality Success Wisdom
To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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Deep Himself Man Understand World
The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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Law Philosophy
There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.
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Power Spirit Weapon World
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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Attitude Enjoyment Forgiveness Learn Mindset Oneself Ourselves

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