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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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Daily Death Defeat Live
There shall be no Alps.
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One Liner
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Enemy Himself Mistake Yourself
The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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Law Philosophy
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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Family Myself People Reading World
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
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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Attitude Enjoyment Forgiveness Learn Mindset Oneself Ourselves
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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Generosity Hands Money Patriot
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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Fight War
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Ability Decision Difficult
The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
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Best Deep Oneself Smart Word
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
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Failure Moments People Reason Success
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
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

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