As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEReligion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.
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A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
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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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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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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
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History is written by the winners.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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There is a joy in danger.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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