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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies
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Control Enemy Oneself War Win
There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind
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Mindset Power Weapon World
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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Herself Stupidity Time Yourself
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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Family Myself People Reading World
Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible
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Creation Fools Impossible People Possible Wisdom Word
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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Perseverance Victory
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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Ability Imagination Limitation Love Philosophy Space
A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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Ideas Revolution
When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Enemy Injury Power Yourself
In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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Greatness Ourselves Time
I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
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Lying Myself Weapon
The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
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Generosity Hands Money Patriot
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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Ability Opportunity
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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Avoid Nation Peace
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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Ambition Bad Character Goodness Greatness Passion Principle
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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Decision History Past People

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