To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThere are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
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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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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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I have seen only you, I have admired only you, I desire only You
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One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves; one must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds, I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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