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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.Napoleon Bonaparte
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.Napoleon Bonaparte
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If you start to take Vienna take Vienna.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.Napoleon Bonaparte
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As to moral courage I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion and which in spite of the most unforeseen events leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.Napoleon Bonaparte
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With audacity one can undertake anything.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.Napoleon Bonaparte
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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.Napoleon Bonaparte
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All the scholastic scaffolding falls as a ruined edifice before a single word: faith.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Glory is fleeting but obscurity is forever.Napoleon Bonaparte
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All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Fashion condemns us to many follies the greatest is to make oneself its slave.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.Napoleon Bonaparte
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There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.Napoleon Bonaparte
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How many really capable men are children more than once during the day?Napoleon Bonaparte
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10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.Napoleon Bonaparte
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.Napoleon Bonaparte
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There are only two forces that unite men-fear and interest.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.Napoleon Bonaparte
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This man Wellington is so stupid he does not know when he is beaten and goes on fighting.Napoleon Bonaparte
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You may ask me for anything you like except time.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Time is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at and who steals what is most precious to men.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.Napoleon Bonaparte
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To do all that one is able to do is to be a man to do all that one would like to do is to be a god.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.Napoleon Bonaparte
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My downfall raises me to infinite heights.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The heart of a statesman should be in his head.Napoleon Bonaparte
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If they want peace nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures but in the use made of them.Napoleon Bonaparte
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If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Men take only their needs into consideration never their abilities.Napoleon Bonaparte
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War is the business of barbarians.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Respect the burden.Napoleon Bonaparte
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.Napoleon Bonaparte
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An army marches on its stomach.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.Napoleon Bonaparte
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I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.Napoleon Bonaparte
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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.Napoleon Bonaparte
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To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.Napoleon Bonaparte
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.Napoleon Bonaparte
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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.Napoleon Bonaparte
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Imagination rules the world.Napoleon Bonaparte
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.Napoleon Bonaparte
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.Napoleon Bonaparte
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.Napoleon Bonaparte
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I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.Napoleon Bonaparte
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.Napoleon Bonaparte
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.Napoleon Bonaparte
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.Napoleon Bonaparte
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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.Napoleon Bonaparte