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If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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
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
China is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.
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Himself Wake Up World
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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Burn Design Greatness Light Man
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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Greatness Need Seek
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
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Freedom History Man Poet Writing
Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible
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Creation Fools Impossible People Possible Wisdom Word
I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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Fate Goodness Himself Myself
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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Avoid Nation Peace
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
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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Fools Impossible Word
The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
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Honesty Poor
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
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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Choice God Life Myself Religion Sun
Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
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Hands Yourself
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

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