The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEAn army marches on its stomach.
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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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An army marches on its stomach.
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Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
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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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Napoleon 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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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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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind
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There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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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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History is written by the winners.
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I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.
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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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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
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