History is written by the winners.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTENapoleon 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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War is the business of barbarians.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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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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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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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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Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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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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An army marches on its stomach.
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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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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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