China is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
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The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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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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You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.
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I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
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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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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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