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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEGlory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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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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China is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.
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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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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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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
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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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