As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEConquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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History is written by the winners.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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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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It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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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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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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