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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEYou don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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There shall be no Alps.
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The only victory over love is flight.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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Imagination governs the world.
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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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There is a joy in danger.
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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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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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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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I start out by believing the worst
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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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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
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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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You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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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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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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