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Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Napoleon Bonaparte

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Government Opinion Support
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
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Deep History Lie
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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Promise Success World Yourself
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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Daily Death Defeat Live
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
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Courage Inspirational Strength
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
It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
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End Greatness Quality Success Wisdom
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
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Failure Moments People Reason Success
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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Greatness Need Seek
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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Greedy Hands Material Myself World
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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Ability Opportunity
In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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Greatness Ourselves Time
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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Burn Design Greatness Light Man
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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Death Deep Reason
There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.
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Death Law Safety

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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