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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWe frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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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 I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.
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Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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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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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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