As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEChina is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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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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A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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There shall be no Alps.
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We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see 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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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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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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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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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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