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Napoleon Bonaparte quotes

 

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most
precious to men: time.
Napoleon Bonaparte
 
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.
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A government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.
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Religion keeps the poor from killing the rich.
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How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they
had to do, or die.
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There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is
always beaten by the mind.
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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues
in the gravest affairs.
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He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men
uselessly.
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You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who
suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.
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History is written by the winners.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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