Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEGreat men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThrow off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEGlory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEHistory is written by the winners.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIt is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEA true man hates no one.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEOne 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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEReligion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe only victory over love is flight.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEYou would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEGreat 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 BONAPARTEIf they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEHe who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEMusic is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIf we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
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