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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEHistory is a set of lies agreed upon.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.
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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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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets
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The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
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Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
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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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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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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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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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