History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEHistory is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIf you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThrow off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThere shall be no Alps.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTENothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEOrders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIt is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEOne 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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTENever tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEYou would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEA true man hates no one.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTELet France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEShow me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTETo understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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