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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Napoleon Bonaparte

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

End Greatness Quality Success Wisdom
Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

History Liberty Revolution
There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.
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Power Spirit Weapon World
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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Ability Opportunity
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
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Freedom History Man Poet Writing
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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Action Independent Yourself
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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Greatness Man Missing Opportunity
Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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Success Talk World
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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Control Government Leadership Money Patriot
Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
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Hands Yourself
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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Fight War
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Courage Escape Oneself Virtue
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
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Fear Power
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
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Art Design Pretend See
A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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Ideas Revolution
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Decision History Past People

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