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I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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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Greedy Hands Material Myself World
The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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Danger Greatness Moments Victory
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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Greatness Man Missing Opportunity
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
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Art Design Pretend See
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
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Courage Inspirational Strength
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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Ambition Bad Character Goodness Greatness Passion Principle
If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
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History Past Reading
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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Alone Destiny Life Love Myself Yourself
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
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Ability Imagination Limitation Love Philosophy Space
Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.
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Greatness Human Music
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
A true man hates no one.
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Hate Man True
The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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Law Philosophy
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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Death God Scare
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
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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Future Goodness Mom

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