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 BONAPARTEReligion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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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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I have seen only you, I have admired only you, I desire only You
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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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Nothing is lost as long as courage remains
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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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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
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Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
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A true man hates no one.
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Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
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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.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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