Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTETo 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.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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It’s the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures 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 laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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