One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIt is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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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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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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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
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There is a joy in danger.
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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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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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A true man hates no one.
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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