Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIf we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
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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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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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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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.
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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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The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
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You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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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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