Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIf you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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To 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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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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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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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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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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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds, I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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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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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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The only victory over love is flight.
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