The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWhen 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.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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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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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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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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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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One 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.
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds, I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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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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Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
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I start out by believing the worst
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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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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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