If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
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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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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.
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The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
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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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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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It’s the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory
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War is the business of barbarians.
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