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Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Ability Decision Difficult
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
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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Fight War
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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Freedom History Man Poet Writing
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
Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Success Talk World
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds, I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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Art Avoid Fate Mindset Myself Risk War
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind
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Best Body Mindset Quiet
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Choice God Life Myself Religion Sun
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
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Art Design Pretend See
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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Fade Forever
You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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Intellectual Reason Yourself
To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Deep Himself Man Understand World
It’s the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory
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Himself Man Nature Soul Victory Weapon
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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Ambition Bad Character Goodness Greatness Passion Principle
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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Kill Poor Religion Rich

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