The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEOne is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
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I start out by believing the worst
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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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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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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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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You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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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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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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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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