I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
NAPOLEON BONAPARTENothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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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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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.
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There shall be no Alps.
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
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There is a joy in danger.
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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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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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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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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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As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.
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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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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
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The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
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I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.
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The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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I have seen only you, I have admired only you, I desire only You
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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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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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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