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Napoleon Bonaparte

You 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 BONAPARTE

Herself Stupidity Time Yourself
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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Greatness Man Missing Opportunity
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Deep History Lie
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
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Enemy Wrong Yourself
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
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Enemy Himself Mistake Yourself
China is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.
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Himself Wake Up World
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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Excellence People Quiet Religion
I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
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Lying Myself Weapon
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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Kill Poor Religion Rich
A true man hates no one.
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Hate Man True
When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Enemy Injury Power Yourself
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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Future Goodness Mom
One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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Ideas Mad Man Oneself
A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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Ideas Revolution
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

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